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What happpens when a remote's backlight is on all night

 
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 12:04 am    Post subject: What happpens when a remote's backlight is on all night Reply with quote

A long, long time ago (7+ years ago), someone posted here that their remote was draining rechargeable batteries every night. Rob correctly surmised that only the backlight could drain that much electricity.

A few years ago a remote that I had repaired with electrically conductive paint had something get stuck somewhere causing the backlight to indeed be on all night. This did drain the batteries, but also caused the plastic around the battery compartment to melt quite a bit:



I figure someone here would get a chuckle out of this. The batteries were really hot when I removed them. Also, the remote still worked for several years until I dropped it down a split level stairway. At that point the battery contacts broke off the circuit board Smile
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