I recently purchased a wireless doorbell from Wallyworld. I should have been more careful about picking one out. I bought the 2nd cheapest one available,
I could’ve swore I bought one that had the speaker that plugs into a standard wall outlet and the doorbell buttons were wireless. Apparently, I did not. I have one that runs on batteries.
I got it all loaded with batteries and was met with a moderately OK doorbell volume. I figured it was good enough, but was frustrated it wasn’t louder.
When I went to mount it, I started to remove the old doorbell, when I realized it was actually an alarm speaker that was wired to the home security system that came with the house.
Then I had a eureka moment. I removed the small speaker from the wireless doorbell, ran speaker wire out the front of it, and spliced it into the speaker that was already mounted to the wall. I was able to hide the wireless doorbell box behind the wall where the original speaker was mounted.
So I now have a damn loud wireless doorbell for the price of a good sized meal at Wendy’s :)
It does still run off batteries, but when I have some extra time, I may see if the home security system will power it.
If I get really motivated, I may wire the doorbell into the surround sound system. That way my nosey neighbors will be able to hear when someone rings the doorbell haha.
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