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RichD
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Why is the alarm in an analog mechanical clock louder than
a digital clock?
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a digital clock?
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Jeff Liebermann
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:27:55 -0700 (PDT), RichD
<r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
Because a small piezoelectric transducer is cheaper than two brass
bells and a solenoid. The same is true for the ringers in POTS
telephones versus modern electronic phones. Even those phones that
have a built in loudspeaker (for speakerphone) aren\'t very loud.
You can buy modern alarm clocks that will wake the deaf (and possibly
the dead). I have several friend and customers who need hearing aids.
Their houses are full or extra loud doorbells, phones, alarm clocks,
smoke alarms, CO alarms, motion detectors, burglar alarms, appliances
etc. As a concession to the neighbors, they usually wear cordless
headphones while watching TV or listening to the hi-fi. I setup an
IFTTT recipe to flash some of their house lights when some trigger
wants attention, but nobody seems to like or use it much.
This alarm clock includes a bed shaking vibrator:
<https://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Alarm-Clock-Vibrating-Shaker/dp/B01N2HDOR6>
More loud alarm clocks:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=extra+loud+alarm+clock&tbm=isch>
Note that \"extra loud\" is much like chicken eggs, which are sold in
supermarkets as large, extra-large and jumbo, where the sizes are
relative. Todays extra loud alarm clock is likely to have the same
alarm sound level as the older mechanical bell ringers.
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Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
<r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
Why is the alarm in an analog mechanical clock louder than
a digital clock?
Because a small piezoelectric transducer is cheaper than two brass
bells and a solenoid. The same is true for the ringers in POTS
telephones versus modern electronic phones. Even those phones that
have a built in loudspeaker (for speakerphone) aren\'t very loud.
You can buy modern alarm clocks that will wake the deaf (and possibly
the dead). I have several friend and customers who need hearing aids.
Their houses are full or extra loud doorbells, phones, alarm clocks,
smoke alarms, CO alarms, motion detectors, burglar alarms, appliances
etc. As a concession to the neighbors, they usually wear cordless
headphones while watching TV or listening to the hi-fi. I setup an
IFTTT recipe to flash some of their house lights when some trigger
wants attention, but nobody seems to like or use it much.
This alarm clock includes a bed shaking vibrator:
<https://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Alarm-Clock-Vibrating-Shaker/dp/B01N2HDOR6>
More loud alarm clocks:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=extra+loud+alarm+clock&tbm=isch>
Note that \"extra loud\" is much like chicken eggs, which are sold in
supermarkets as large, extra-large and jumbo, where the sizes are
relative. Todays extra loud alarm clock is likely to have the same
alarm sound level as the older mechanical bell ringers.
--
Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
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bitrex
Guest
On 6/13/2022 5:49 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
I have an old Westclox USA-made wind-up I keep around in case there\'s a
long power-outage. Hasn\'t been one in recent memory that needed it, though..
looks just like this one, IDK when it was made maybe late 70s or 80s?
<https://www.ebay.com/itm/144595465109?hash=item21aa8fb395:g:jyYAAOSwTFNiaeTk>
I just wound it to make sure it still runs and rings, seems OK. I\'ll
check back tomorrow to see how accurate it is!
On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:27:55 -0700 (PDT), RichD
r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
Why is the alarm in an analog mechanical clock louder than
a digital clock?
Because a small piezoelectric transducer is cheaper than two brass
bells and a solenoid. The same is true for the ringers in POTS
telephones versus modern electronic phones. Even those phones that
have a built in loudspeaker (for speakerphone) aren\'t very loud.
You can buy modern alarm clocks that will wake the deaf (and possibly
the dead). I have several friend and customers who need hearing aids.
Their houses are full or extra loud doorbells, phones, alarm clocks,
smoke alarms, CO alarms, motion detectors, burglar alarms, appliances
etc. As a concession to the neighbors, they usually wear cordless
headphones while watching TV or listening to the hi-fi. I setup an
IFTTT recipe to flash some of their house lights when some trigger
wants attention, but nobody seems to like or use it much.
This alarm clock includes a bed shaking vibrator:
https://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Alarm-Clock-Vibrating-Shaker/dp/B01N2HDOR6
More loud alarm clocks:
https://www.google.com/search?q=extra+loud+alarm+clock&tbm=isch
Note that \"extra loud\" is much like chicken eggs, which are sold in
supermarkets as large, extra-large and jumbo, where the sizes are
relative. Todays extra loud alarm clock is likely to have the same
alarm sound level as the older mechanical bell ringers.
I have an old Westclox USA-made wind-up I keep around in case there\'s a
long power-outage. Hasn\'t been one in recent memory that needed it, though..
looks just like this one, IDK when it was made maybe late 70s or 80s?
<https://www.ebay.com/itm/144595465109?hash=item21aa8fb395:g:jyYAAOSwTFNiaeTk>
I just wound it to make sure it still runs and rings, seems OK. I\'ll
check back tomorrow to see how accurate it is!
B
bitrex
Guest
On 6/13/2022 6:35 PM, bitrex wrote:
Ah, the alarm sounds just like the first one from Pink Floyd\'s \"Time\":
<https://youtu.be/JwYX52BP2Sk>
I think this is where the Miss Gulch comes riding in on a bicycle.
\"Digging away, the moments that make up a dull day...\"
On 6/13/2022 5:49 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:27:55 -0700 (PDT), RichD
r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
Why is the alarm in an analog mechanical clock louder than
a digital clock?
Because a small piezoelectric transducer is cheaper than two brass
bells and a solenoid. The same is true for the ringers in POTS
telephones versus modern electronic phones. Even those phones that
have a built in loudspeaker (for speakerphone) aren\'t very loud.
You can buy modern alarm clocks that will wake the deaf (and possibly
the dead). I have several friend and customers who need hearing aids.
Their houses are full or extra loud doorbells, phones, alarm clocks,
smoke alarms, CO alarms, motion detectors, burglar alarms, appliances
etc. As a concession to the neighbors, they usually wear cordless
headphones while watching TV or listening to the hi-fi. I setup an
IFTTT recipe to flash some of their house lights when some trigger
wants attention, but nobody seems to like or use it much.
This alarm clock includes a bed shaking vibrator:
https://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Alarm-Clock-Vibrating-Shaker/dp/B01N2HDOR6
More loud alarm clocks:
https://www.google.com/search?q=extra+loud+alarm+clock&tbm=isch
Note that \"extra loud\" is much like chicken eggs, which are sold in
supermarkets as large, extra-large and jumbo, where the sizes are
relative. Todays extra loud alarm clock is likely to have the same
alarm sound level as the older mechanical bell ringers.
I have an old Westclox USA-made wind-up I keep around in case there\'s a
long power-outage. Hasn\'t been one in recent memory that needed it,
though..
looks just like this one, IDK when it was made maybe late 70s or 80s?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/144595465109?hash=item21aa8fb395:g:jyYAAOSwTFNiaeTk
I just wound it to make sure it still runs and rings, seems OK. I\'ll
check back tomorrow to see how accurate it is!
Ah, the alarm sounds just like the first one from Pink Floyd\'s \"Time\":
<https://youtu.be/JwYX52BP2Sk>
I think this is where the Miss Gulch comes riding in on a bicycle.
\"Digging away, the moments that make up a dull day...\"
J
Jan Panteltje
Guest
On a sunny day (Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:27:55 -0700 (PDT)) it happened RichD
<r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote in
<23d5f582-db95-4c50-901e-3cfa4c34471an@googlegroups.com>:
Am testing some Chinse piezo beeper on my home RF motion sensor alarm system
Maybe you could solder one (3V) to your alrm clock ;-)
Very hard not to notice that beep!
<r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote in
<23d5f582-db95-4c50-901e-3cfa4c34471an@googlegroups.com>:
Why is the alarm in an analog mechanical clock louder than
a digital clock?
Am testing some Chinse piezo beeper on my home RF motion sensor alarm system
Maybe you could solder one (3V) to your alrm clock ;-)
Very hard not to notice that beep!
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Tabby
Guest
On Monday, 13 June 2022 at 22:50:12 UTC+1, jeff.li...@gmail.com wrote:
Adding a tiny plastic horn to a piezo can make it massively louder, see any smoke alarm, but no-one wants to spend the extra 5p these days.
On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:27:55 -0700 (PDT), RichD
r_dela...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Why is the alarm in an analog mechanical clock louder than
a digital clock?
Because a small piezoelectric transducer is cheaper than two brass
bells and a solenoid. The same is true for the ringers in POTS
telephones versus modern electronic phones. Even those phones that
have a built in loudspeaker (for speakerphone) aren\'t very loud.
You can buy modern alarm clocks that will wake the deaf (and possibly
the dead). I have several friend and customers who need hearing aids.
Their houses are full or extra loud doorbells, phones, alarm clocks,
smoke alarms, CO alarms, motion detectors, burglar alarms, appliances
etc. As a concession to the neighbors, they usually wear cordless
headphones while watching TV or listening to the hi-fi. I setup an
IFTTT recipe to flash some of their house lights when some trigger
wants attention, but nobody seems to like or use it much.
This alarm clock includes a bed shaking vibrator:
https://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Alarm-Clock-Vibrating-Shaker/dp/B01N2HDOR6
More loud alarm clocks:
https://www.google.com/search?q=extra+loud+alarm+clock&tbm=isch
Note that \"extra loud\" is much like chicken eggs, which are sold in
supermarkets as large, extra-large and jumbo, where the sizes are
relative. Todays extra loud alarm clock is likely to have the same
alarm sound level as the older mechanical bell ringers.
Adding a tiny plastic horn to a piezo can make it massively louder, see any smoke alarm, but no-one wants to spend the extra 5p these days.
A
amdx
Guest
On 6/13/2022 4:49 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
and I was worried I wouldn\'t hear my alarm clock. I had a sound activated
relay kit from Radio Shack, built on the perforated Red Plastic boxes. I
connected
a radio to the sound activated relay and an 8\" horn speaker to a the
Radio output.
I turned the volume high and in the morning, my alarm clock sounded,
triggered the relay,
turning on the radio, and I woke up for the camping trip.!
 Won\'t most digital clock radios, turn on the radio as the alarm, put
it on a Rap station,
and crank the audio level.
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As a young teenager I had to get up early for some scout camping trip,On Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:27:55 -0700 (PDT), RichD
r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
Why is the alarm in an analog mechanical clock louder than
a digital clock?
Because a small piezoelectric transducer is cheaper than two brass
bells and a solenoid. The same is true for the ringers in POTS
telephones versus modern electronic phones. Even those phones that
have a built in loudspeaker (for speakerphone) aren\'t very loud.
You can buy modern alarm clocks that will wake the deaf (and possibly
the dead). I have several friend and customers who need hearing aids.
Their houses are full or extra loud doorbells, phones, alarm clocks,
smoke alarms, CO alarms, motion detectors, burglar alarms, appliances
etc. As a concession to the neighbors, they usually wear cordless
headphones while watching TV or listening to the hi-fi. I setup an
IFTTT recipe to flash some of their house lights when some trigger
wants attention, but nobody seems to like or use it much.
This alarm clock includes a bed shaking vibrator:
https://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Alarm-Clock-Vibrating-Shaker/dp/B01N2HDOR6
More loud alarm clocks:
https://www.google.com/search?q=extra+loud+alarm+clock&tbm=isch
Note that \"extra loud\" is much like chicken eggs, which are sold in
supermarkets as large, extra-large and jumbo, where the sizes are
relative. Todays extra loud alarm clock is likely to have the same
alarm sound level as the older mechanical bell ringers.
and I was worried I wouldn\'t hear my alarm clock. I had a sound activated
relay kit from Radio Shack, built on the perforated Red Plastic boxes. I
connected
a radio to the sound activated relay and an 8\" horn speaker to a the
Radio output.
I turned the volume high and in the morning, my alarm clock sounded,
triggered the relay,
turning on the radio, and I woke up for the camping trip.!
 Won\'t most digital clock radios, turn on the radio as the alarm, put
it on a Rap station,
and crank the audio level.
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