XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/19/2022 8:52 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Is there a rubbery or even plastic material there that could be breaking   
   down? Some can release gooey liquid.   
      
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