Honeywell doorbell problem

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My previous Friedland wireless doorbell failed after 5 years of good service.

I bought a Honeywell activlink doorbell as a replacement.

The setup is:
Doorbell push button - cr2032 battery
Mains receiver in living room
4x AA battery portable receiver in rear extension.

This worked faultlessly for 2 months without a hitch, I then noticed 2 beeps after the usual chime which happened for around a week, indicating the door push battery was low. I checked it with a multimeter and registered 2.7v, low but not dead. Changed the battery and things were back to normal... for 2 days, until that battery died too.

I'm now on my 4th cr2032 battery within 2 weeks and it's driving me crazy. I don't understand what could be causing it. The receivers don't ever go off phantomly, so I assume the button isn't being fake pressed.

The issue seems to correlate with putting the Christmas decs up, though I have a technical mind and don't really see how they could cause the battery to drain in the push button.

Any ideas or should I push for replacement?
 
I think you will find it's Father Xmas going round checking all door bell ready for tomorrow - will be ok after tomorrow.

I have a Byron one with three extension bells and two get through batteries like no tomorrow - C & D type got to point I don't bother now. Just rely on one in lounge and good thump as they can't hear any bell when button is pushed.

One thing - is your door bell push lit - I wired one to a big battery at old house and it kept going flat - took me a while to realise it lit up - just cut led wire.
 
Where did you get the batteries from? There are a lot of bad fake batteries around which don't last, as I've found out to my cost with remotes etc.
 
First 2 came from dead motherboards (3v registered on the meter).

The new one i bought 3 days ago from the post office, Maxell branded is now dead too,
 
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