On Thursday, June 19, 2014 1:16:20 PM UTC-4, trader_4 wrote:
On Thursday, June 19, 2014 1:09:23 PM UTC-4, philo* wrote:

On 06/19/2014 12:03 PM, SKrapp wrote:



My wired doorbell button broke so I bought a replacement (the actual plastic button cracked and fell out) The doorbell worked fine before the button broke.







I purchased a replacement button and removed the old one- here is what stumps me:







As soon as the wires from the doorframe contact the screw terminals on the new button, the doorbell chimes repeatedly. This happens at contact- without the actual button being pressed.







In fact- The doorbell chimes repeatedly if I touch the wires to any metal (screwdriver, or the copper piece from inside the new button, or each other)







I bought a second button after I dismantled the first replacement button trying to make it work (remove diode, etc.).. same thing happens with second button.







The chime works fine, the transformer has output... the chime rings when the wires touch each other...only repeatedly.







Any suggestions before I pull the wires and go wireless?



















Maybe you got a lighted button?







Just get a button that is nothing but a switch



That would be my suspicion too. Odd though that a chime would

be incompatible with a lighted button. The old ones were just

a solenoid and that should work. The new ones can be electronic,

but you would think they would all be made to be compatible with

a lighted button. But it sounds like that's what the problem is.

Thanks Philo and Trader... the new buttons are lighted- nowhere on the net did that detail come up!
I'll post later when I try a new one.