Pleasant Buzzer/Sounder

[Lectrician]

In restaurants there is usually a press button for the chef to press when food is ready "to go", this button sounding a buzzer for waiting/bar staff to hear.

It is usually a nice sounding simple tone, nothing brash, harsh, ringy or intense.

I have canabalised some intercoms in the past (they usually have a pleasant "ring" when called). This has served well for many years in a couple restaurants I look after, but I am now looking to do another, and trying to find a simple solution with off the shelf parts.

Standard buzzers and sounders from the likes of Farnell and RS are usually too harsh for this type of thing.

Anyone know of any decent sounders? The pleasant sounding ones usually incorporate a speaker rather than a piezo buzzery type thing. Trial and error is a PITA.

Cheers.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Doorbell?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Anyone know of any decent sounders?
Cheers.

Mrs Twocities calling me from the bedroom……………...

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Make something which plays a recording of Gordon Ramsay yelling "Service!"

 

[Lectrician]

Doorbell?

I consider that aggressive TBH. Something subtle is tricky to find.

 

[securespark]

Anyone know of any decent sounders?
Cheers.

Mrs Twocities calling me from the bedroom……………...

Oooh Err!

 

[sparkymarka]

Try a bell systems extension sounder RT27

 

[Lectrician]

Try a bell systems extension sounder RT27

Looks ideal, cheers, have a suitable PSU going spare too.

 

[roasty]

what about a relay wired with the coil in series with the COM and NC contacts? I.e as the coil pulls the armature in, the circuit is broken, so the coil releases, which reconnects the circuit etc…. That gives a nice buzzing sound, and depending on the relay size and type, can give different tones. From experience, the octal based ones do give off quite a nice buzz when wired like this

 

[cjard]

The seatbelt alarm in a 2002 Volvo s60 is a nice bong bong bong..

 

[securespark]

The seatbelt alarm in a 2002 Volvo s60 is a nice bong bong bong..

That's a pleasant surprise.

Most I have heard annoy the tits off you to get you to put your belt on ASAP!

 

[cjard]

Indeed, by contrast the 2010 Volvo s40 starts off with a nice bong bong, then a more irritating bong bong that it's hard to drown out wih the stereo, and finally it resorts to playing a mono tonal beep through the stereo (at whatever cranked volume was drowning out the previous bong) and doesn't let up until you buckle up. Good stuff

 

[Lectrician]

Try a bell systems extension sounder RT27

Looks ideal, cheers, have a suitable PSU going spare too.

A few of those worked like a charm

Cheers @sparkymarka

 

[sparkymarka]

No probs