XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.repair   
   From: billnews2@cox.net   
      
   Tony wrote:   
   > Dennis M wrote:   
   >> I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with wireless doorbells. The   
   >> last couple of days mine has been ringing a couple of times on its own   
   >> (no,   
   >> it isn't a pre-Halloween prank). I have some neighbors about 80 feet away   
   >> who have an electronic garage door opener, but there's a wooded area   
   >> between us and I don't think this could be causing it because it hasn't   
   >> happened until now. The main unit inside uses 4 "C" batteries, then the   
   >> actual doorbells (one on the front that has a two-tone ring; one on the   
   >> back that has a single ring) use some kind of weird tiny batteries. It's   
   >> the single ring doorbell that's been acting up, so maybe that's where the   
   >> actual problem is.   
   >>   
   >> I'm wondering if wireless doorbells are like smoke detectors, in that   
   >> they'll start ringing out of the blue when their batteries start to go   
   >> low.   
   >> The batteries have been in the main unit for about two years now, also   
   >> about the same for the actual doorbells.   
   >   
   >   
   > Change the code.  Someone close by got a new one and like you left it at   
   > the factory settings.   
      
   That was about what I was going to recommend.  I had a wireless for a   
   few years, but gave up.  I would change the code and it would work   
   for a while, then I would start getting it ringing in the middle of   
   the night again.  I finally gave up and put in a new wired one.   
      
   Bill   
      
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