XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2022-09-18 16:44, Peter wrote:   
   > On 9/17/2022 2:36 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> > I have another device that the remote failed yesterday to get a   
   >> response at some point. I could see a led blinking in the mode it does   
   >> to tell the user that it is getting a command from the IR remote, yet   
   >> it did not react. I had to power cycle the device - that button did   
   >> work. My guess is that the device had hung.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I had a similar problem recently with a Roku remote.  The batteries were   
   > good but some corrosion had developed at the end of the spring that made   
   > contact with the (-) end of one of the batteries.  Cleaned it off with a   
   > stiff pencil eraser and problem solved.   
      
   That's what I thought the first time, battery leakage. I cleaned the   
   thing very carefully, assembled it, new batteries, and soon again it had   
   liquid inside the buttons. Actual tiny drops of some liquid. No   
   corrosion. I repeated the process. Nothing worked. Ah, the batteries   
   were dry all the time, and anyway, I changed to rechargeables.   
      
   Something in that remote picks humidity from air.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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