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Most of my remotes are still using the batteries they shipped with. It's hard to make the case for replacing batteries when the originals last 15+ years (and c
by jandrese 5y ago
Most of my remotes are still using the batteries they shipped with. It's hard to make the case for replacing batteries when the originals last 15+ years (and counting).
- Gigachad 5y agoA youtuber I watch recently made the case that NiMH batteries should be used for _all_ uses because alkaline batteries will eventually burst and spew acid over your electronics. Sounds like it could take a very long time to do that, but it makes sense just for the preservation of the device to use NiMH.
- zoomablemind 5y agoAnecdotically, yet a few of my remotes after a decade of use on original batteries suddenly got less and less responsive. Change the batteries! Right? Well, turned out the original batteries were still alive, but on a closer (painful to nails) inspection, it turned out that the silicon buttons/pad started leaching the oily goo onto the contacts on the PCB thus reducing the responsiveness. Swabbing and washing restored these, but something tells me this problem will be back sooner than in another decade.