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.

On Jan 26, 4:02=A0pm, "Robert Green"  wrote:
> My neighbor asked me to look at her wireless doorbell, which suddenly
> stopped working properly. =A0The buttons still work if you move them clos=
e 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.

are you certain the new batteries are really good?

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 ??

"bob haller" <h...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:d...@dp8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 26, 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.



Checked them all out with a voltmeter, first thing.

--
Bobby G.

"Reed" <r...@rmi.net> wrote in message
news:C...@giganews.com...
> 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.

--
Bobby G.

On Jan 26, 3:02=A0pm, "Robert Green"  wrote:
> My neighbor asked me to look at her wireless doorbell, which suddenly
> stopped working properly. =A0The buttons still work if you move them clos=
e 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.

Blame the current sunspot storms. Or a neighbor's giant radio
transmitting rig. Or an overpowered badly designed computer
peripheral.
If the doorbell is important, simply get a dead reliable hard wired
unit installed. End of problem.

Joe

On 1/26/2012 3:02 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.

12V cells?

>
> Any ideas?
>
> --
> Bobby G.
>
>

"IGot2P" <I...@crsales.com> wrote in message
news:jfsss7$g04$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
> On 1/26/2012 3:02 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.
>
> 12V cells?

http://www.atbatt.com/a23-batteries.asp

A23 or 23A (23AE) 12 volt Alkaline batteries are 1.08 inches length and .38
inches width in cylinder.  These 23A 12v batteries are typically used in
small RF devices such as garage door openers and keyless entry systems where
only infrequent pulse current is used.  Sometimes the A23 batteries are
enclosed like a normal battery but sometimes a stack of eight LR932 button
cells shrink wrapped together.

--
Bobby G.

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:02:40 -0500, "Robert Green"
<r...@yah00.com> 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?

How about replacing the button cell battery in the button unit(s).
When the voltage drops so does the signal strength and thus the range.

"Robert Green" <r...@yah00.com> wrote in
news:jfsfc7$jo8$1...@speranza.aioe.org: 

> 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.
> 
> 
> 

Any Wifi wireless ethernet around?
Or a wireless camera somewhere?
Look in those kind of culprits.
A lot of them are on the same or closeby frequency.