XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2022-09-19 18:00, Bob F wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Nope. None that I could see.   
      
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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