Does the button have a light in it?  Some did.  The would work off of a 
transformer
 connected to the house electrical system.  Remove the button and check 
it out?

Lindy Mayfield wrote:

>What would you do in my situation here?  We bought a door bell that runs on batteries and I connected it to the wires that lead to the button outside.  Within a few days the batteries are dead, so it seems there is some sort of short or something like that.  We just found out the previous owner had a problem with the door bell, too, probably the same thing.
>
>I'm kind stuck about how to figure out the problem and fix it.  Would anyone mind please giving me some hints?  
>
>Thanks!
>Lindy
>
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