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tripp23
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help me figure out this box thingyy
#23827529 - 11/12/16 10:39 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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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kenetic said: 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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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
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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) |
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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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Prisoner#1 said:
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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
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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I would say smoke detector
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Quote:
CHeifM4sterDiezL said:
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Quote:
mr.concentrate said: 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) |
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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) |
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Possibly door buzzer speakers with what I can see inside the actual device.
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