Entry Alert Chime Provides Business, Personal Notification

Many businesses have installed an entry alert chime to notify employees that a potential customer has entered the store and will need attention. They also inform the customer that the employees know they are there, just in case the person that activated the entry alert chime had something else on their mind.

Many times, especially in smaller businesses, employees may get busy in the back room of the shop and are unaware of someone entering through the door. Having an entry alert chime installed removes the surprise of returning to the front and finding an unexpected visitor. It also limits the opportunity of someone entering unknown, grabbing something from the shop and leaving without the employee being aware.

The type of entry alert chime installed will depend on the type of business as well as its budget, but the most popular are wireless units, which can be installed without a lot of hassle. Although battery life can be a concern if it is a busy door, as the more it is activated the quicker the battery is drained. Additionally, the quality of the wireless transmitter may not allow the sounding unit to be activated if it is too far from the transmitter or has too many walls to go through.

Many Chime Alternatives Available

Wiring an entry alert chime can be as easy as installing a doorbell and the activator can be either through magnetic contact or by sensor that sounds the alarm when someone passes through the door. Either can be effective but most prefer the magnetic contacts as they are not only easier to install, but in many cases, they can also be tied into the business’s burglar alarm.

There is also a entry alert chime that is strictly local sounding a bell or chime in the area of the door and requires little wiring and typically, are connected with surface mount magnetic contacts that set off a loud noise when the door is opened. They do not have a remote bell that sounds in another room and despite the low cost and limited technology can be effective at providing an entry alert.

For business with a relatively small front area, a low-tech solution for an entry alert chime is a small bell or wind chime hanging from the ceiling. As the door opens it strikes the chimes and sounds an alert. The sound and volume of the entry alert chime is dictated by the size of the chimes installed.