# wiring a light for a doorbell.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wiring-a-light-for-a-doorbell/77625
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 27, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wiring-a-light-for-a-doorbell/77625 "2009-12-27T20:06:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@suzukiriderman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suzukiriderman)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wiring-a-light-for-a-doorbell/77625/1 "2009-12-27T20:06:45Z")
I am looking into wiring some flashing/strobe lights in our shop so I can tell when someone is at the door. What I want is for the light to stay on for about a minute after the doorbell button is pressed. Any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wiring-a-light-for-a-doorbell/77625/2 "2009-12-27T20:20:49Z")
look online for some disability doorbells, they do exactly this for deaf people
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### Author:  [@suzukiriderman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suzukiriderman)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wiring-a-light-for-a-doorbell/77625/3 "2009-12-27T20:54:29Z")
I’ve seen those but I need to be able to expand on those like add lights and other bells.
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### Author:  [@slowa\_ek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowa_ek)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wiring-a-light-for-a-doorbell/77625/4 "2009-12-27T21:09:15Z")
splice the wires breh
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### Author:  [@suzukiriderman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suzukiriderman)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wiring-a-light-for-a-doorbell/77625/5 "2009-12-27T21:18:29Z")
It’s not that easy. I want the lights to stay on for about a minute.
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wiring-a-light-for-a-doorbell/77625/6 "2009-12-28T05:02:52Z")
A control panel with a timing relay in it. That is all you need. It is pretty simple to wire up and run off of 120V or any voltage that you have close by.
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wiring-a-light-for-a-doorbell/77625/7 "2009-12-28T06:45:15Z")
> [@tpgsr](#):
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> A control panel with a timing relay in it. That is all you need. It is pretty simple to wire up and run off of 120V or any voltage that you have close by.
+1
Get a Timing relay and wire the bell as the trigger and have it last for ~10 seconds. Bamo done.
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### Author:  [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wiring-a-light-for-a-doorbell/77625/8 "2009-12-28T07:41:34Z")
Google search Doorbell Signaler.
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### Author:  [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2009, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wiring-a-light-for-a-doorbell/77625/9 "2009-12-28T08:14:31Z")
You might also want to wire in a reset.
It would really suck listening to a bell for 1 minute when you were able to answer the the door after 5 seconds.
Edit: or use a latching relay, that way it goes off until you reset it.