So I went to Home D. and bought a new 2 note door bell (“ding – dong”), and the associated transformer. I’ve installed the door bell according to the supplied wiring diagram, but unlike the demo unit in the store, my bell only “dings” when the button is pushed, and then it “dongs” when the finger is removed from the DB button. To add to the announce, the bell continues to vibrate in the “ding” mode until the finger is removed from the button.
I went back to the store to see if the demo unit worked the same way and it doesn’t. It immediately goes through the “ding – dong” sound (once) regardless of how long you hold your finger on the button.
Suggestions will be appreciated.
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Typical Home Depot story.
Yeah a dedicated doorbell store has much better products.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
You got a link to such? ; )
J. D. Reynolds
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Remember, I was a pipeorgan builder..I MADE Chimes.
Here ya go for a start.
http://www.schulmerichbells.com/#ggviewer-offsite-nav-10170304Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
so what the problem, nobody going hold the button down, ding, ding ding.
tape a thumb tack to it like Dennis the menace
Actually when you push the doorbell on the display you are hearing a sound clip from an mp3 player. I used to have to fix a lot of them. If you pull the cover off of the chimes, you'll find that there is no chimes inside the display. Sound quality from that mp3 player is way better than what you get from the actual doorbell, at least for Heath Zenith doorbells anyhow.
All other Cheapo and Blowe's horror stories shall remain buried.
You hung the unit upside down. The button works an electromagnet. When you push the button, you lift the plunger up with the magnet, when you release the button, you release the magnet and the plunger drops to the second chime bar.
I could be wrong, but its a common mistake.
You may have hooked up the back door button to the front door.
On doorbells i've hooked up in the past the back door onlly dinged, and the front door, ding dinged.
Y'all are scareing me, I don't know who's serious and who's being flippant..LOL
I gotta brush up on that..Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
No kiddin, someones got to be full of it.
The guy bought a regular, plain ol' doorbell. The explanation of the the fake mp3 player at home cheapo answers all the questions.
For the home version, when you push the button, it goes "ding". When you let go it, it goes "dong". If you push it real quick, it goes "ding-dong" (which sounds like some of the posters here)
Mine is wireless, just a button and a unit..boom, job done. 20 bucks.
I have set up the mallets and pipes for melodies, but that was electro-mechanical keyboard operated, and either fed a chapel or a town..I love the big sound.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
So what you're saying is...
For 20 bucks, someone can push your button to activate your unit.
Enough said.
I'm serious like a heart attack bud. I didnt believe it at first either.
Got me..shucks, I don't close the doors.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"