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Doorbell chime rattling

Mako1986
Community Member

My camera feed works great, but the doorbell chime (mechanical) doesn’t ring and even worse, it constantly makes a humming sound. Periodically this will intensify and the little piston in the chime will depress for ############ seconds while the whole unit rattles. There seems to be no rhyme or reason for triggering this. Just happens every ############ minutes. Extremely frustrating because I’ve had an electrician look at this twice to no avail. Anyone else experienced this before? 

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Mako1986
Community Member

It turned out the source of the problem was the wires were actually mislabeled in my home (I recently moved in) and after some guess and check work I discovered I simply needed to switch them around and put the right labels on them. Fixed my problem. Try to make sure yours are actually labeled correctly by disconnecting one at a time and testing. Hope this helps. 

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Larry4ta
Community Member

Yes, having the same problem and idea how to correct this issue?

Mako1986
Community Member

I actually solved this issue. Turns out the wires were mislabeled by previous owner. Try swapping your transistor and door wires. It immediately stopped the buzzing and glitchy behavior of the chime for me. 

Brad
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi there, 

 

I apologize for my late response and thank you for all of your patience while waiting for a reply. I definitely understand how frustrating your situation must be, and I wanted to make sure that your concern was acknowledged. Do you still need help with this issue? I know that there's been a delay in response since you posted.

 

Best Regards, 

Brad.

Luz
Community Member

Using the app I turned off the chime and it worked (not writhed- like it said in my first post). But it's starting to happen again-so far just the periodic humming or  buzzing, but the chime hasn't struck yet like before. Is there a fix for this? 

Mako1986
Community Member

It turned out the source of the problem was the wires were actually mislabeled in my home (I recently moved in) and after some guess and check work I discovered I simply needed to switch them around and put the right labels on them. Fixed my problem. Try to make sure yours are actually labeled correctly by disconnecting one at a time and testing. Hope this helps. 

Luz
Community Member

My wife were all run new, as I had renovations done.  I tried swapping the wires and that fix lasted only a day.  Then shutting off the chime helped, but now it's starting to him again

Brad
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey Folks.

 

As the OP's issue is resolved, I'll go ahead and lock this thread. If you're still experiencing problems, feel free to start a new thread and we'll be happy to help.

 

Best Regards,

Brad.

Larry4ta
Community Member

Thank you,  so far it is working.

 

Luz
Community Member

Yes, it's been driving me crazy. I figured it out today.  Click on the doorbell -There's a setting that says shut off indoor chime. This writhed for me, but if you don't have any speakers hooked up to the doorbell, you won't hear when someone's at the door