I think you are correct about the cause of the issue, probably the easiest solution is to leave the buzzer in the main circuit, and wire a 24vac relay in parallel with it, using the relay contacts to close and open the circuit to the ding-dong bell.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 10:08 AM <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I know some of you are really good at this stuff….. > > > > I’m in a 95 year old house. There are two doorbells. I just replaced the > front doorbell with a new cheapo from Lowes. Two chimes and two solenoids. > One solenoid fires when you press the button, and the other fires when you > release the button so you get the “ding-dong”. > > > > There’s an old doorbell in the back kitchen that sounds like an old school > bell. Two coils make the clacker move rapidly back and forth striking the > bell repeatedly. > > > > Well, when I hooked up both the old and new bell at the same time, the school > bell goes off when you press the button and the new one just goes “dong” when > you release the button. Either one works fine hooked up separately. I’m > guessing the first solenoid never fires on the new doorbell because the > school bell is a way heavier load and takes all the current. I could just > replace the school bell, but I kinda like the nostalgic factor. And I > suppose the other easy answer is put them on separate transformers triggered > by the same switch. > > > > Is there some simple nerd-gineer answer like “just put a resistor here”? > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
