On Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 9:19:12 PM UTC-8, Tony Hwang wrote:
Kate wrote:
I have replaced my doorbell button five times in a year. It is a wired
one, but the light keeps going out. It has a diode in it. The
Westminster chimes sound great.

The third time the light went out, I hired an electrician, and it still
would not light two months later.

The electrician told me to get a doorbell without the little wire inside
the doorbell, called a diode.

Can someone please educate me. From what I am finding out, all wired
doorbells must have a diode or else the doorbell won't chime.

If I really don't need a diode, for a wired doorbell, can someone tell
me that brand and model number of the unit? I am not interested in a
battery operated unit, but surely, there must be a doorbell button out
there that just keeps on working.

This cannot be rocket science.
The electrician I had moved, so I need to start all over again.

Many thanks!

Kadee

Door bell operates at 10V, 16V(typical) or even 24V AC. Did you replace
a chime or button? Look at the tranformer voltage rating and voltage
required for the chime. Are they different? There is even a transformer
with tri-voltage output. My guess is you have mismatched doorbell
system. Ours are 5 notes playing Westminster chime by a rotary gong
running on 24V AC. I never replaced bulb in years.

A new doorbell and doorbell button was installed six years ago. It all worked fine until the light first went out two years ago. I bought a generic doorbell push button at Home Depot and it worked for a year. Lately, it seems I need to buy a new doorbell button every few months. The electrician installed a new button and it worked for three months. It is easy to do, so I installed two more and they both lasted a few months only.

The new doorbell button does not list any volts, etc.
As yo can tell, I don't know much about this and I have no idea where the transformer is. If it is the fancy box that I bought, and the transformer is inside of that box, well, it hangs on a wall just inside of the front door..
It is about 8 feet away from the button.

Thanks for your help.