What the fuck is happening to my doorbell?

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On 3 different occasions my doorbell has gone off randomly, the first time, I was asleep and thought I dreamt it, the second time I had my DS with me and he heard it as well, but no one was out there. 3rd time was 10 minutes ago and this time I was fast as I am waiting for a delivery again no one there.

I live on a 2nd floor flat, I can't imagine anyone running up all 28 stairs to ring my doorbell and run away and more importantly down them so fast I can't see them, when I open the door within 10 seconds.

Its a wireless doorbell and plugs in right next to the door.

I can't imagine the neighbours doing it, but its a remote possibility. Is it possible that it might be picking up a neighbours door bell? I know one of the downstairs has a video doorbell (I think)

Either that or the invisible man or a ghost who has difficulty floating through doors?

Thinking about it the last two times have been when I am waiting for a delivery, but then the delivery person has turned up much later, so not sure what the point of that would be, and as I said they would have to run pretty fast down those stairs.

Any other suggestions?

Have you changed the battery in the ringer?

In the push button, I mean

It could be that someone else has a similar wireless doorbell (or car fob or other device) and when they press there's its going off. Ive had it happen before you can change the channel of some doorbells.

One of your neighbours may have a similar doorbell and it's on the same frequency as yours. Is there a switch or something similar on the back of the unit to switch it to a different frequency?

They just do this, the useless wireless fuckers. I've a camera doorbell so can see that no one is messing with mine, but still it randomly goes off sometimes. I wonder if other things interfere with it on the same frequency like cars entry fobs or suchlike, but have never got to the bottom of it.

Have you changed the battery in the ringer?

Stupidly this idea had not occurred to me. I shall do that now

@katcatkat and @HemanOrSheRa no switch, I remember my DP saying what a great deal it was, now I know why.

@Countrylifeornot, I assumed that was the most likely answer, but I will change the battery like the person above has posted just incase.

It can be anything affecting it, wireless bells and the like can be very temperamental.
I have a lamp in my dressing room on a wireless plug. If anyone rings our doorbell they turn off.

We have the same thing with our wireless bell. Funnily enough, it has a choice of 10 ring-tones, and when it's set off by cars etc it plays a different tone from the one we've chosen.

I love your slightly melodramatic thread title.

Ours does this when you turn the plug off. Is it plugged in properly?

With ours, the rain got in and short-circuited it. Or something technical I don't understand.

slightly melodramatic thread title

Only slightly? I was going for full on.

TBH I was more pissed off, I have to go out in half an hour and I praying this delivery is going to be here before then and the doorbell just raised my hopes and then dashed them again ;)

It is plugged in, I doubled checked it just afterwards

@WombleOwl its unlikely to be wet, unless someone has spilt something on it

We had a wireless one and it started going off when it shouldn’t. Turned out someone over the road had one on the same frequency and when someone rang their doorbell it set ours off and vice versa.