RE: x10 remote kr22 eats batteries

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Where did you buy the batteries ?

Could they have been old stock. Were they sealed in plastic or just loose.

Damp and even greasy fingerprints can cause leakage giving a vastly reduced
life.

I remember once having a watch battery replaced in Curry's about 25 years
ago and the sales oik mentioned about not touching both sides of the cell
with your fingers due to the leakage etc.... he then used a pair of METAL
tweezers to pick the cell up shorting it out directly!!!!  The battery
still
outlived the crappy watch though :-(

Keith

www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv


> -----Original Message-----
> From: egelbeertje [mailto:r_d_k@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 June 2003 14:40
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] x10 remote kr22 eats batteries
>
>
> Hi,
>
> my kr22 keyfob worked great (for about 7 months) until I replaced
> batteries last month, since then I have replaced them twice.
> Anyone experienced similar behaviour on battery life / unit
> malfunction ? First symptoms were a drop in effective range (from
> outside the house to next to the tranceiver)
> 7 months seems reasonable, 14 days on the other hand is quite
> expensive hobbywise.
>
>
> rgds Rob.
>
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