On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:12:43 -0500, "Robert Green"
wrote:

"micky" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:52:16 -0500, "Robert Green"
wrote:

"Reed" wrote in message
m...
On 1/26/12 4:02 PM, Robert Green wrote:
My neighbor asked me to look at her wireless doorbell, which suddenly
stopped working properly. The buttons still work if you move them
close
to
the unit but they no longer work mounted on the outside of the door
frame.
We've replaced the 3 "D" cells in the base unit and the 12V cells in
the
two
buttons but still no joy.

Any ideas?

--
Bobby G.



Has she or a neighbor added some other new wireless device that is
interfering with the doorbell ?? Does the bell have any capability of
using a different channel ??

Good tip. I do believe she's had a wifi hotspot installed. I'll have to
see if that's the cause of the problem. It would explain the recent
sudden
onset.

I have a wireless doorbell where the ringer plugs into the wall.
Cost about 2.50. Worked for my mother for about 10 years and me for
about 3 and one day the ringer part "burned up". No visible damage
inside, but wouldn't work wth duplicate button. I don't know if a
ringer tha runs on batteries can do that.

The unit, the original two buttons and a third spare all work "close in" but

Gioid point, and you said it already. Never mind what I said.

they no longer are able to "reach" the chime base unit from the front or
side door, only from within the house about 15' away from the unit.

When my remote wouldn't work with my Powerid pyramd IR relay , it
turned out the Powermid transmitter in one room, the device I was
supposed to aim the remote at, was overloaded..

People told me that the CFL lamps or the incancescent lamps would do
that, so I started being more careful to turn lights off in t hat
room, and then on the whole floor. But I would wake up in the
middle of the night, no sun outside either, to see the red indicator
light that said it was receiving IR flashing on and off. I changed
to another transmitter and it did the same thing. So I had to
disconnect the whole thing. I'm going to try a third transmitter,
but there must be some IR or maybe a harmonic of it? somewhere.

So the nexrt step is to put a swtich on the transmitter and turn it
off whenever I leave the room. That will probably help me, but not
you.