Knock and run...
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Well, I thought the local kids have been playing with our doorbell - pressing it and running off, but it turns out to be our neighbour's who are to blame 
!
OK, it's not really them but their new doorbell!!
They've just fitted it and it's the same make as ours - a wireless type, and we've just discovered that whenever one of the doorbells gets pressed it sets the other off!! Great source of amusement at the moment, not sure how long this will last though! . Any thoughts on how to solve the problem?
Cheers
Em
! OK, it's not really them but their new doorbell!!
They've just fitted it and it's the same make as ours - a wireless type, and we've just discovered that whenever one of the doorbells gets pressed it sets the other off!! Great source of amusement at the moment, not sure how long this will last though! . Any thoughts on how to solve the problem? Cheers
Em
richardthestag said:
dog turd in a burning paper bag on their door step and then push your doorbell button ... ?
This again
http://minibytes.mondominishows.com/poo/main.asp
Inside the back of both the doorbell and push button units there will be a DIP switch to set the code. Change the setting of the DIP switch to something different - it doesn't really matter what as long as both units are set the same. Sometimes you get a row of jumpers instead of a DIP switch.
Classic!
In canada everyone had automatic garage doors. I got out the trusty screw driver one afternoon, removed the back and started trying different combinations checking all the doors in the street.
As luck would have it, the people directly across the road had theirs set to the same as ours, minus one switch in a different position (set of about 8 switches, either on or off) and so it was with MUCH glee that I discovered I could open and close their garage door from inside our house
A bowl of popcorn and a comfy chair pulled up to the window later, and I had the funniest afternoon of my life
When they closed it and went inside, Id open it. When they tried to open it Id start closing it, and so on.
Whenever I was bored, I took the back off the door opener. I spent many happy hours doing mortal radio-door combat with that family, watching them all standing out on the driveway, scratching their heads.
They never did figure it out in the end
In canada everyone had automatic garage doors. I got out the trusty screw driver one afternoon, removed the back and started trying different combinations checking all the doors in the street.
As luck would have it, the people directly across the road had theirs set to the same as ours, minus one switch in a different position (set of about 8 switches, either on or off) and so it was with MUCH glee that I discovered I could open and close their garage door from inside our house
A bowl of popcorn and a comfy chair pulled up to the window later, and I had the funniest afternoon of my life
When they closed it and went inside, Id open it. When they tried to open it Id start closing it, and so on.
Whenever I was bored, I took the back off the door opener. I spent many happy hours doing mortal radio-door combat with that family, watching them all standing out on the driveway, scratching their heads.
They never did figure it out in the end
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