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Caption This 04/05/2019

Posted April 05, 2019 4:45 PM by lmno24
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04/05/2019 4:56 PM

"To ring bell, connect wires"

...then (if you can) let go of the wires!

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04/05/2019 5:07 PM

Introductory circuit theory for guests and delivery drivers.
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04/05/2019 5:07 PM

If all else fails, 'knock on door'...

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04/05/2019 5:50 PM

Ding-Dong Ditchers are a nuisance...

Bill came up with a cheaper solution...
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04/05/2019 7:44 PM

Taking away all that juvenile fun for juveniles.

The real problem isn't the hijinks of youngsters, it's those flipping spam calls from 'David' in some call center in a far off country on the other side of the world.
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04/05/2019 8:04 PM

...those flipping spam calls...

You won't get any argument on that one!
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04/05/2019 5:59 PM

If the bell doesn't work, we'll be listening for your screams...

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04/05/2019 6:06 PM

If my memory serves me well, it does ring a bell, and opens the door to other things.
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04/05/2019 10:47 PM

Connect wires, overheat transformer, burn bell solenoid create smolder.....we will answer when somke alarm triggers.....

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04/05/2019 10:52 PM

Everything was normal for Belle. Cute as a button and lit up the night... but now a couple of screws are loose and she's feeling lost. wires are often crossed but you don't know if makes a connection? it's hard to tell if someone's home at times.

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04/06/2019 5:02 AM

It's very good for getting rid of those pesky door-to-door salesmen and the religious nuts who always time their visit to just when you are sitting down to a hot dinner. But my yard is running out of space to bury the bodies so can anyone of the CR4 community give me plans or advice on how to build a small scale crematorium incinerator. Preferably with energy harvesting features.
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04/06/2019 11:49 AM

Here in Houston we use a BBQ pit and 100#s of charcoal. (Seriously Google it.)

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04/08/2019 11:22 AM

Why not rent space on the next SpaceX rocket and blast the bones into deep space?
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04/08/2019 3:24 PM

That's no good. Their rockets keep coming back.
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04/06/2019 1:28 PM

BZZZZZZZZZBBBBBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!!!*SH1T!!!!

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04/07/2019 12:06 PM

Sorry to be a party pooper. Probably everyone here knows that a doorbell is fed from a low voltage, Class 2, intrinsically safe transformer. The jokes about electrocution require too much suspension of disbelief.

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04/07/2019 3:24 PM

Caption: "My wife will invite her boyfriend over tonight because I'll be out of town. He's an engineer, so he probably thinks the doorbell is fed from a low voltage, Class 2, intrinsically safe transformer. Ha ha."

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04/08/2019 3:23 PM

I would be so tempted to splice the wires together and then poke the wires into the hole. I wonder how long a ringer will last?

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04/12/2019 11:46 AM

If it's a musical doorbell, it will likely only play once...

...and then again every time the wires shift, breaking and re-making the connection.

I'f it's a classic electromechanical "DIng-Dong" doorbell, they'll get a "Ding" but no "Dong" until the wires come loose again...or until the transformer or solenoid burn out from the constant load.

In either case, They're likely to find a surprise in their electric bill if that prank isn't noticed for a few months.

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04/18/2019 7:05 AM

Illustration from the book "Sales calls for dumbells"

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