Wired to Wirefree Bell Push Extender for The Byron by Range

Having had new oak windows installed a couple of months ago it seemed like time to install something more attractive than the existing white plastic wireless bell, so I opted for this bell push extender, the Byron Sentry BY202 100m Wireless Plug-In Door Chime Kit with 6 Sounds and Natural Honey Oak Plinth, ready for staining or varnishing, with 63mm dia. (2.5") brass doorbell push. I drilled a hole through the wooden door frame, immediately behind the external brass bell, and mounted this bell push extender on the inside of the front door frame, immediately behind the oak plinth/brass bell push. The BY202 has been left on its default Westminster Chimes setting, which is fine. The whole setup only took about 45 minutes to install, and worked first time.A couple of points to note:1) The doorbell extender comes with a short piece of 2 core bell wire, something like 6 inches long, to connect to the wired doorbell, so no need to buy any more if that's long enough for your installation.2) You have to press the doorbell for half a second or so to trigger the wireless bell. It's not a big deal but it feels quite different from the previous plastic wireless bell system.

Warning! This item is NOT in fact suitable to be "linked into any wired doorbell system". No mention on the website product description but the actual product packaging states it to NOT be suitable for use with any wired doorbell system with an illuminated doorbell push. This is a fairly important omission on the seller's part.

Simple to install with good range. It does exactly what I want and I get a good clear signal in the back garden. This is a cost effective solution that wont break the bank

Functions well wired to the original brass bell push in my 1930s house. Used with BY 201 plu in a nd mobile chimes. Mobile part works in back garden ca. 50 metres distant.Chimes on the chime set are limited to 6 electronic spunding chimes which I don’t like. A simple bell ring would have been preferred.

The first unit i received didn't work. The manufacturer's helpline were very helpful in diagnosing the problem, and they ended up shipping me a replacement unit.The extender does work & seems to have a good range, but I have 2 issues with it I've had to work around:I kept getting 'phantom' door bell presses - i.e. my extender bell would ring even though no one was pressing the bell button. It turned out there was a voltage being induced in my existing bell circuit, probably from nearby mains cables. I fixed this by putting a resistor across the two terminals in the extender, but it would be nice if this feature had been built into the unit.The 2nd issue is it *eats* batteries - i'm getting through 1 CR2032 every couple of weeks. I've now removed the CR2032 and soldered in an external battery holder for 2 AA batteries, which have yet to run out.

Neat solution to extend fixed doorbell wirelessly into garden. Range 50m at least through most of house and 25m of garden. Bought BY32 with BY503. Used option to wire with transformer by connecting inside existing bell across solenoid terminals of bell. Reviews elsewhere mention possible inclusion of 6 inches of bell wire, used my own as this item didn't mention such. Slightly fiddly inserting wires into screw terminals, as you have to hold the unit in the air as you fasten them in as only the base is screwed to the wall. Not clear which wires were which in my existing bell - so had to use multimeter / 5mins of trial and error to establish which existing wires were transformer and which were bell push. (Can confirm it does need the CR2032 button battery to operate in "transformer mode", Byron website itself is inaccurate, whereas description of this item on Amazon doesn't claim "battery-less" option). Some reviewers elsewhere finding only 2 weeks battery life may have connected via bell push and possibly connecting across solenoid terminals may be able to give the converter a bit of usable voltage? That said one reviwer says they've has 10 years use on one battery. Will update 4* rating pending seeing how long button battery lasts.

I hooked this up to a wired byron doorbell (front of victorian house) and it works in our garden office 100 ft from the back of the house.I love things that work!

Easy to install and get working but it gets through batteries at an alarming pace. Now looking for an alternative.