I need an electric bell. It must be low amperage (battery powered),
somewhere around 1.5 volts to 12 volts. Power to the bell should produce
a
single chime. It could be a bar chime or a clock chime (even electronic),
as long as it's reasonably loud.
I've found one bell online, but it's a child's science kit, which is OK if
there are no pre-built bells.
What I'm going to do is, have a bell that chimes once for each "thump" of
a
neighbor's loud stereo. He will unconsciously associate the bell with his
noise. When the stereo is quiet, so is the bell. He will then keep the
stereo at a level I have designated to be tolerable. And it works
automatically.
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Here's the background on this project. It's a little complicated, but it
may prove to be very effective:
The resident of the apartment next door has a subwoofer against our mutual
wall. Every day, this vibrates the wall noticeably, and it produces
irritating "thumps" throughout my place. So he's an inconsiderate clod,
although the noise doesn't yet qualify as being "way too loud". He's a
pretty nice guy, just very, very stupid.
So I will be conditioning him to keep it down. I have a kit that detects
noise, and actuates a relay. This will ring a bell ONCE per thump, which
will be heard in his apartment (the bell is attached to the wall). It
only
rings when the level is wall-rattling, and maybe only once every 5 seconds
(to suppress bells from normal activity).
He will start the evening party. The bell will ring in time with the
beat -- albeit not predictably. He may even pound my wall to figure it
out,
and not get consistent ringing! I intend to have it working so well, I
don't
even have to be home for the training sessions.
The neighbor will probably visit me. When he does, I will show him my
CLOCK. I have an old chime clock that DOESN'T WORK. It's hanging on the
wall. The actual bell circuit is hidden elsewhere at this time.
"Oh, my non-functional clock is chiming? Weird. I'll cover the clapper."
Next day, it starts over, and it goes on and on until the dense neighbor
realizes the CAUSE of the chime (his stereo). Soon, just ONE chime may be
enough. Here's the cool part:
If he calls the landlord about the "constant bells", I'll invite the
landlord over. I'll show him my CLOCK, which of course makes no sound.
I'll
ask the neighbor to show HOW LOUD he typically blares the stereo. I'm
guessing that even my landlord will catch on, and get on the neighbor's
case
about the stereo!
If he turns it WAY UP to block out the chime (it will still be an
out-of-tune part of the song), now I've got cause to have him evicted.
Serves him right. Good riddance.
This can work where other approaches have failed. The landlord had no
interest in my "complaints". The neighbor is too brainless to understand
what "keep it down" means (and I've had it with reminding him every day).
IM****TANT: This plan might cause my neighbor to complain about HIS OWN
LOUD
STEREO!
I've not found anything like this elsewhere (if you have a link, I'd love
to
see it). I've seen mostly suggestions to buy a noisy CD and blast back in
revenge. My bell is more focused. It has a cause-and-effect
relation****p.
It's a psychological training program, which must be applied with care and
patience. If I do it right, I can send my neighbor out into the world,
trained to be a considerate person!
If you wish to try this on your own stupid neighbor, think of ways to
modify
it so he doesn't immediately realize you're using the "Pavlov's Neighbors"
technique.
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