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7th Dec 2020, 9:25 am | #1 |
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Morphy Richards vintage door chime
I am looking for a replacement solenoid piston for a Morphy Richards Clydon door chime. The transformer is working as it should but I'm getting nothing from the piston, which is clean and free of obstruction. Interested to know if anyone has any experience of same and if there is something of a similar spec on the market which would act as a replacement.
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7th Dec 2020, 10:00 am | #2 |
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Re: Morphy Richards vintage door chime
I assume the solenoid's coil is open circuit? Have you checked it for continuity? It may be a simple job to rewind it.
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7th Dec 2020, 12:09 pm | #3 |
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Re: Morphy Richards vintage door chime
Unlikely to be the solenoid unless the bell push has jammed burning out the coil.
If it’s the same as my mums it’s got 2 sets of windings on the coil . One for back door and one for front giving a ding dong for the front and just a dong for the back . Andy
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7th Dec 2020, 12:11 pm | #4 |
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Re: Morphy Richards vintage door chime
The simpler ones are just spring loaded so they hit the second chime on the return stroke.
All the problems I've ever had with door bells have been down to bell push problems.
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Re: Morphy Richards vintage door chime
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I've fitted a small piezo sounder across the input of ours because if the bell push jams, and it did once, the power is full on silently for however long it is before the fault is noticed or it burns out, unlike a bell which will keep on ringing. John Last edited by John M0GLN; 7th Dec 2020 at 1:08 pm. |
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