[TheForge] Shop Communications

[Mike Linn]

Ive been using one of the "wired" intercom systems for years. Wired 
because it uses the existing power lines that I ran to the shop. As long 
as the shop and house are fed from the same main it will work. There are 
also wireless ones that are similar to baby monitors. The key thing to 
the intercoms is there is a call button that makes a loud annoying 
series of deetels that can be heard over most anything. The wireless 
ones are a bit more expensive but too much so..

here is an example... http://tinyurl.com/2sbug4

mike


PlumDon at aol.com wrote:
> Looking for some suggestions re telephone shop  communications. 
>
> I have a 220, 50 amp buried line to the shop but no  communication line. I 
> was hoping to do something wireless. I did not mind  digging 20 years ago but 
> not up to digging again. The shop is 110' from the  house. The shop is small and 
> very noisy when gas forge and power hammer are  running. 
>
> I figured to buy another wireless phone to connect with   my Panasonic KX 
> TG5776 at the house and put in the shop. I think it will reach  that far ok. Any 
> suggestions re a wireless hookup that would blink a red light  or provide 
> amplification or some such thing to let me know the phone is ringing.  
> Alternatively, some sort of wireless communication system from the house to the  shop so 
> my wife can call and tell me one of the kids is on the line...or  whatever. 
> Otherwise she has to make a trip through the mud to the shop.  
>
> Thanks for any ideas. 
>
> Don Plummer  
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Mike Linn
Artisan Blacksmith
McCalla, AL