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Favorite Comment: Fixer koobaxion says, “I can’t help but notice the sign’s ominous “Ding” “Dong”. You would assume it was a doorbell. That’s what they all assumed.”
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I’d rather not.
doorbells are typically powered by a low voltage transformer. not much of a kludge, really.
Yes, but the person sounding the doorbell doesnt know whats on the other end of those wires.
Playing with random wires that you dont know the voltage on them is a bad habit to get into.
Besides, in the time it took them to make that sign, they could have made a switch out of any random material lying around.
This is a kludge of the worst kind.
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I fact on the other end of those wires there is a car battery and a guy attached to both wires. When the guy gets struck he’s supposed to yell “Ding Dong”!
^ WIN!
he yells “ding dong”, mutters some swear words and tells you tomorrow it will be your turn to sit there on the other side of the current.
Last time you’ll EVER play Doorbell Ditch.
Dang neighborhood kids got past the electric fence again, eh?
Not to mention the self firiing pepper ball gun emplacements.
This is either a door bell or some new kind of dating service. Lets hope it’s a low voltage system.
New security feature designed to “elimate” stupid burglars, and door to door salesmen.
don’t forget to get a puddle of water under the door rug!
Seems like a fine specimen of Stag beetle misinterpreted the sign as a potential nest for finding love.
Tom who?
are you doing a “knock knock” joke? it’s a doorbell :>)~
Yeah… “Now we know how Tom got a Porsche…”
Who the eff is Tom?
Is this the front porsche or the back porsche?
Evidently the house owner
Finally, a way to eliminate those pesky door-to-door salesmen!
I-I-I d-don’t-t th-th-think-k it-t’s w-w-work-k-king. D-d-did y-you hear-r th-th-the d-d-doorb-bell? A-all I h-h-hear is-s-s a b-b-buzzing-g-g in-n m-my ears-s-s!
if you really like this neighbour, one day when he’s not at home, get a soldering iron and enjoy the fun
It would just go “ding” then buzz for a while until the transformer or coil burns out.
Not necessarily. If, in addition to the soldering iron, you come prepared with a small board populated by a few choice bits (555 timer, a few caps, a few resistors, and a receiver using a well-used frequency), it could become a fun thing. Get it on the right frequency, the door will ring repeatedly every time the phone rings. Or, if you have a transmitter that matches the receiver frequency, control it at will. The 555 timer can be made to set it on a loop so that it doesn’t just ding then dong, but serve as a timer to set it into a limited loop.
555 timer? All you need is a relay….
HONEY – ANSWER THE DUMBELL!
“…………. *connect*” *Bwoop! Bwoop! Bwoop!* “Thank you for activating the self destruction system. This ship will self destruct in exactly five minutes.”
Spaceballs
“6! What happened to 7?”
Ding – fries are done!
Does this happen to be on that shack a few photos back?
the guy who lives there know how to rob cars.
That’s one way to keep the Kirby salespeople away.
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This is the high-tech sign that replaced the old one which read, “Ball up fist, and repeatedly strike against door.”
Nothing says “Welcome” better than 120v surging through one’s body.
Except in the US the wires to the doorbell only have 12 volts. Not sure if Europe also uses 10:1 transformers in theirs, would be 24 volts if they do.
yes, but who guarantees you that it really is a 12volt connector?
*slowly raises hand* Done it..at two homes….
Hiring an electrician to do the job: $175.
Buying the pushbutton unit and installing it yourself: $2.50.
Leaving it as-is: worthless.
Hiring an Electrician to do it – about $75, button included. (CA #726700)
Having a Ham Actor faking that he’s being electrocuted by the wires – Priceless.
(Where are you paying $175, New York City? Don’t need a Union Brother for this…)
It’s transformer fed, between 16V and 24V AC at about 20 Milliamps, current limited – enough to get you a little tingle from the Reverse EMF if you have fingers on the copper when the circuit breaks, and that’s all.
If ever there were a time for a rubber welcome mat…
On second thought, I’ll just knock…
beeep-beep-beeep beep-beeep-beep-beep beep-beep-beeep beeep-beep-beep beeep-beeep-beep beep (Hint: Morse Code)
Translation to Jek’s cryptic message:
-.- = k
.-.. = l
..- = u
-.. = d
–. = g
. = e
Because no one I know would be stupid enough to ring the doorbell at my house this early in the morning…
-aaAAAARRRGH!!!!
Oh! there someone at the door! Maybe 600v was overdoing!
I wonder if leslie phillips lives here…
I used to deliver pizza. I encountered these now and then. I got a little zap from the first one.
And you touched the NEXT one???
I’d rather just knock thank you very much.
I’m not falling for that one!
Not again anyway.
I can’t help but notice the sign’s ominous “Ding” “Dong”. You would assume it was a doorbell. That’s what they all assumed…
Im sorry but you are wrong. Its the chinese internetprovider “connect” and the owners are named Ding and Dong. Otherwise the bellsymbol was completly useless.
No, ding dong is who the message is addressed to.
[in Inspector Clouseau voice] Your doorbell is rrrrrepaired. Zere is no charge.
Yes Dorothy, with a setup like that, the witch surely will be dead.
I guess this is the origin of that song.
Wow, an idiot-proof doorbell. And since it’s low-voltage, you won’t even need to haul all these dead bodies off your doorstep. Genius!
Enough voltage running thru there & their sorry ass will just get blasted off of the porch.
The best delivery option to this house would be UPS Ground.
This just makes me curios of what the doornob and light switch look like
I guess the doorknob is just about as inexistent and requires a pair of pliers to turn; while the light switch has a clothespin hung next to it to hold the wires together…
haha. that’s awesome. my bff eric had a doorbell like that.
You’ll notice that this repair ‘to-do’ job is so old that he’s replaced the sticky tape before he’s bothered to get a new doorbell.
>.> For all we know the scenario would play out like this:
Steve: *reaches for the wires*
Bob: “Don’t do it!”
Steve:”it’s just a doorbell” *connects wires anyways*
Doorbell: ding BOOOOOOOM!!!!
>.> and the Steve got remade into the Bionic Man.
Ding Dong, the witch is… erm visiting
This has nothing to do with a Doorbell, these are implicit instructions for “ding-dong” to turn on the Vibrating Christmas tree.
I saw that sing somewhere. I can’t remember where though.
I think that after some complaining, it was changed to another one reading: “Bell out of order, please knock.”
1.) Twist wires together at 3am. 2.) Casually walk away laughing. 3.) Repeat until actual doorbell is installed.
In soviet Russia, Doorbell rings YOU!
^ Win