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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!



I had a doorbell button that was plastic, and finally fell to pieces. I
went and bought another. On the old one, there was a small electronic
device, either a resistor or diode that was wired across the two connectors.

When I installed the new one, the new one did not have one. The doorbell
did the exact same thing, ringing only as long as you held the button down.
I put the little component from the old one back in, and it still would not
work. Apparently there was a polarity issue, as I reversed it, and it
worked just fine.

Not sure if you changed button and all, but you apparently are missing
something in the setup.

Steve