Wired door bell kit for 15-20m run?

[iwilson16]

I'm looking for recommendations for a wired doorbell kit (chime, transformer etc) that will work over a distance of 20 or 25m.

Thats the distance from CU on 1st floor to the front door on ground floor (its a house converted to 2 flats). Chime will be a few meters away from CU.

Thanks
Ian

 

[JohnW2]

I'm looking for recommendations for a wired doorbell kit (chime, transformer etc) that will work over a distance of 20 or 25m. Thats the distance from CU on 1st floor to the front door on ground floor (its a house converted to 2 flats). Chime will be a few meters away from CU.

I would think that most doorbells would probably function OK over that sort of distance. For longer runs, it is the size of the wire that is the determining factor (any doorbell would work over any distance if the cable were 'fat enough').

If a kit comes with cable, the thing to look at it is how much cable they supply. If it is long enough for your purpose, then one can but presume that it is known that the doorbell would work, with that cable, over the distance in question. If the length of supplied cable is inadequate for your purpose, then there is some uncertainty but it would work if you substituted a longer length of cable, but it might possibly have to be of a larger size.

Kind Regards, John

 

[Taylortwocities]

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• Taylortwocities
• 16 Jul 2016

What he said