Visitor Chime: A High-Tech Doorbell

Doorbells have been used for donkey’s years to let you know someone wants to see you. They are great time savers (every day except Mischief Night) and also good security features. They are great not only for private homes but for businesses, especially small businesses short on staff. A visitor chime can act as another pair of eyes looking out for your security.

“Now, Pay Attention, 007…”

Visitor chimes come in many different sizes, weights and prices. Some are thin as a cell phone; some are as blocky as a fire alarm. They are usually battery operated, but some can plug into electrical outlets or need extra wiring. The average price is about twenty dollars (batteries not included). By just deterring one shoplifter or getting you faster to a paying customer’s side, it can pay for itself. At least once a week, check to see that the batteries are still working.

A visitor chime sweeps the room or a certain area before it with an infra red beam, which is next to impossible to see with the naked eye, especially in a brightly lit room. When anything moving breaks the beam, it triggers the chime to sound.

One option for a visitor chime is that it comes with a keypad, making it at first look like a phone. The keypad is to enter security codes to turn the visitor chime off and on.

Uses In The Private Sector

Visitor chimes aren’t just for work. They are also great security devices for homes. Most visitor chimes are portable and battery-operated, so you might want to put one in your garage or screen door if you have to keep going back and forth to your garden or tool shed. You might want to put a visitor chime in any room where babies or pets aren’t allowed in, say if the living room is being painted and you don’t want the baby or pet to drink the paint. When the chime goes off in the entranceway or the hallway, you know the baby or pet is on the loose and needs to be grabbed.

A visitor chime can’t stun any intruder or call 911 for you, but they can give you a warning that the intruder wasn’t expecting. Some intruders will beat a hasty retreat just knowing that they have been detected. Most intruders need the power of surprise in order to scare you into either freezing or doing something stupid. If you hear a visitor chime go off in one room when you are alone at home, you can lock the door of your room and call 911.