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We have a new doorbell with Westminster chimes that is hard wired.
When you push the door bell button and release it the door bell chimes
the first bell, but stops. If you hold the door bell button in, the
bell will ring through the entire 8-note chime. Does it sound like it
is miswired or defective. The brand is Heath Zenith. Thanks!


One of the buttons needs a resistor on it. Did you replace the button? Is
the chime new? Did it ever work? The resistor allows it to work through
the entire chime sequence. They give you one with the chime and it goes
across the terminals of the button. RTFM

Worst case scenario is to put a sign over the button asking people to hold
the button through eight notes.