ACET Door entry system

[Guest Gerry]

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to add an external buzzer to our ACET door entry system? The standard muffled buzz isn't enough to hear upstairs.

[morph]

is it audio or video.

Depends on the model?

[Guest Gerry]

It's audio.

It's simply a phone connecting us to the door, no door opener or anything like that, unfortunately we live in a three storey town house and the handset is on the middle floor.

[morph]

Do you know the model number and is it two wires from the panel to the handset or is there 5/6 ( you might need to look inside the handset)

If its two wire the anser is no, if its multiwire then a seccond buzzer will be possible.

Wouldn't you be better to think about a seccond hanset rather than a simple buzzer.

[Guest Gerry]

There's two wires leaving the panel outside the door (Yellow & Blue) and four wires arriving upstairs, (Yellow, Blue, Red & Black). I'm assuming that the additional two wires are from the transformer.

How much would a new handset cost ??

Would it be louder ??

[morph]

An additional handset would be louder.

As far as costs go, depends on how much work is involved in running a cable from the existing unit to the new position.

Depending on where you are in the country you would probabley be looking at about £100 approx.

What part of the country are you in? one of the guys on these forums in your area will be able to give you a more accurate price.

[Guest Gerry]

I'm in Nottingham.

Wouldn't a replacement handset for the additional system be the easiest option? Something with a loud enough buzzer. The current one doesn't buzz as such it just makes a static noise.....

[morph]

if the current one doesn't buzz then there is a fault.

Was it profesionally fitted?

Has it always been like this or just recently?

How old is the system?

[magpye]

"The standard muffled buzz isn't enough to hear upstairs."

Don't people READ THE QUESTIONS any more before making silly statements or asking irrelevent questions in reply?

[j.paul]

"The standard muffled buzz isn't enough to hear upstairs."

Don't people READ THE QUESTIONS any more before making silly statements or asking irrelevent questions in reply? 

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As you said

The current one doesn't buzz as such it just makes a static noise.....

Then as Colin said they could be a fault with the system.

Which may or may not be the handset...