Hi,

I had the friedland libra d261 wireless doorbell with plug in chime
working for about a 16 months until it stopped last week. The light in
the bell push was not working so I assumed it was the battery. I bought
a similar coin shaped 3v battery but can't get the damn thing to work.

The battery I bought is a duracell dl2025 3V battery and the one in it
is Newsun CR2032 3V battery.

Does it matter that they're different?

If the doorbell is buggered can I send it back to friedland as the
tlc-direct website (who I bought it from) says friedland have a 3 year
warranty (of course I don't have any proof when or where I bought it!).

Cheers

wrote:

Hi,

I had the friedland libra d261 wireless doorbell with plug in chime
working for about a 16 months until it stopped last week. The light in
the bell push was not working so I assumed it was the battery. I
bought a similar coin shaped 3v battery but can't get the damn thing
to work.

The battery I bought is a duracell dl2025 3V battery and the one in it
is Newsun CR2032 3V battery.

Does it matter that they're different?


How are they different?

Does the original battery have a partial plastic cover, and the new one
not?
Had one of these and couldn't find a suitable battery with the plastic
cover, replacement battery with no cover didn't work (it was visibly
shorting out something in the battery compartment) so I sliced off the
cover from the old battery and put it on the new one. Worked fine.

What a hero! I did exactly the same thing and it worked perfectly.

georgetaylor wrote:
wrote:

Hi,

I had the friedland libra d261 wireless doorbell with plug in chime
working for about a 16 months until it stopped last week. The light in
the bell push was not working so I assumed it was the battery. I
bought a similar coin shaped 3v battery but can't get the damn thing
to work.

The battery I bought is a duracell dl2025 3V battery and the one in it
is Newsun CR2032 3V battery.

Does it matter that they're different?


How are they different?

Does the original battery have a partial plastic cover, and the new one
not?
Had one of these and couldn't find a suitable battery with the plastic
cover, replacement battery with no cover didn't work (it was visibly
shorting out something in the battery compartment) so I sliced off the
cover from the old battery and put it on the new one. Worked fine.

formulated the question :
Hi,

I had the friedland libra d261 wireless doorbell with plug in chime
working for about a 16 months until it stopped last week. The light in
the bell push was not working so I assumed it was the battery. I bought
a similar coin shaped 3v battery but can't get the damn thing to work.

The battery I bought is a duracell dl2025 3V battery and the one in it
is Newsun CR2032 3V battery.

Does it matter that they're different?

If the doorbell is buggered can I send it back to friedland as the
tlc-direct website (who I bought it from) says friedland have a 3 year
warranty (of course I don't have any proof when or where I bought it!).

I had one recently which didn't like the cold weather, even when the
chimes were right next to it. Remove the push and take it into the
warm, then see if it works.

--

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

The battery I bought is a duracell dl2025 3V battery and the one in it
is Newsun CR2032 3V battery.

They are different batteries. IIRC, the last two digits signify the
thickness of the battery in 1/10ths of a mm. i.e. 2025 is 2.5mm thick,
whilst 2032 is 3.2mm thick.

Some 2032 battery compartments would not connect properly with a 2025,
whilst others will. 2032s are much more common than 2025s. They have
significantly greater capacity in not much more space.

A folded up piece of foil may sometimes be used to thicken the 2025 enough
to connect with a sensitive holder. This depends on the design.

Christian.