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Offlinetripp23
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help me figure out this box thingyy
    #23827529 - 11/12/16 10:39 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

My buddy bought a house and theirs two little boxes about 4 inches by 2 inches on the ceiling in separate rooms.  We have no idea wtf they are.  So we cut one down and ripped it open and it's a small simple circuit that makes no sense to me.  The house was built about 60-70 years ago and they look original to me..  I know it's not a door bell either because theirs already a separate box for it but no buttons so it's useless.







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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: tripp23]
    #23827544 - 11/12/16 10:51 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

I can't say for sure but it looks like either an old speaker or a smoke detector.  Maybe it's a mic instead!

I'd clean all the paint out of the grill on that thing


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: tripp23]
    #23827556 - 11/12/16 10:57 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

Looks like a pickup, maybe your house is a giant instrument, or you're a very tiny person living in a normal sized instrument


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: Repertoire89]
    #23827562 - 11/12/16 11:00 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

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Repertoire89 said:
Looks like a pickup, maybe your house is a giant instrument, or you're a very tiny person living in a normal sized instrument




I was thinking it looked like something music related too.

OP can you unscrew the front grill piece and get a pic of what is under on that side?


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: musiclover420]
    #23827566 - 11/12/16 11:03 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

He already did


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: Repertoire89]
    #23827570 - 11/12/16 11:04 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

looks like the metal tongue with 2 rivets holding it in place electrically contacts by bending to that brass colored nut thing which was probably wired to a switch to actuate a noise. probably to the door bell switch which might not be there any more id guess


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: Kenetic]
    #23827580 - 11/12/16 11:09 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

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He already did




Well then what is on the other side.


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: tripp23]
    #23827588 - 11/12/16 11:15 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

Probably somekind of sensor or something, maybe for an alarm system?, smoke detector?, heat detector?, idk


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: musiclover420]
    #23827595 - 11/12/16 11:18 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

if its not a doorbell maybe some kinda alarm or buzzer or summin def makes noise by rubbin that thing on that other thing


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: zZZz]
    #23827604 - 11/12/16 11:24 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

Curious...

Could it possibly be something similar to a doorbell, but not exactly a doorbell?

For instance, a thing to summon somebody.

Like, an elderly person who was bedridden had a button next to their bed to push and that tripped those two to make a noise to summon help.

That's all I got :shrug:


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: zZZz]
    #23827609 - 11/12/16 11:28 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

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zZZz said:
Probably somekind of sensor or something, maybe for an alarm system?, smoke detector?, heat detector?, idk




OP do you have some kind of heating system in your house? A heat sensor seems very possibly.

I have a gad heating system and often times the temp it says on the control panel is way off from the actual temp of that part of the house. So I have always wondered where the sensor is becouse it's either in a strange spot or just inaccurate. I could see the sensor looking exactly like that thing though.


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: tripp23]
    #23827615 - 11/12/16 11:34 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

The original door bell system. Theyve installed a newer one which is the box with no buttons you were talking about.


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: tripp23] * 1
    #23827623 - 11/12/16 11:39 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

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tripp23 said:
My buddy bought a house and theirs two little boxes about 4 inches by 2 inches on the ceiling in separate rooms.  We have no idea wtf they are.  So we cut one down and ripped it open and it's a small simple circuit that makes no sense to me.  The house was built about 60-70 years ago and they look original to me..  I know it's not a door bell either because theirs already a separate box for it but no buttons so it's useless.











it has all the earmarks of a thermostat, a bimetal ribbon that will make
electrical contact as the temperature rises or falls that causes the heat
or AC to kick on


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #23827633 - 11/12/16 11:46 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)

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Quote:

tripp23 said:
My buddy bought a house and theirs two little boxes about 4 inches by 2 inches on the ceiling in separate rooms.  We have no idea wtf they are.  So we cut one down and ripped it open and it's a small simple circuit that makes no sense to me.  The house was built about 60-70 years ago and they look original to me..  I know it's not a door bell either because theirs already a separate box for it but no buttons so it's useless.











it has all the earmarks of a thermostat, a bimetal ribbon that will make
electrical contact as the temperature rises or falls that causes the heat
or AC to kick on





I take it back, it's a buzzer. the small metal strip underneath should vibrate when electricity is applied


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: Prisoner#1] * 2
    #23827638 - 11/12/16 11:48 PM (7 years, 2 months ago)



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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL]
    #23827659 - 11/13/16 12:00 AM (7 years, 2 months ago)

I would say smoke detector


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL]
    #23827699 - 11/13/16 12:26 AM (7 years, 2 months ago)

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CHeifM4sterDiezL said:




Ha


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: mr.concentrate]
    #23827721 - 11/13/16 12:48 AM (7 years, 2 months ago)

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I would say smoke detector





lol... it's absolutely not a smoke detector


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: Prisoner#1]
    #23827742 - 11/13/16 01:07 AM (7 years, 2 months ago)

Maybe it's an old fashioned outlet, you could just hook up a cable to it and it would charge anything.


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Re: help me figure out this box thingyy [Re: g00ru]
    #23827747 - 11/13/16 01:16 AM (7 years, 2 months ago)

Possibly door buzzer speakers with what I can see inside the actual device.


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