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On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:08:09 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote
as underneath :
In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:19:24 +0200, \"Carlos
E.R.\" <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
The Chunghop L336 universal learning remotes work well and are cheap
enough. All buttons programmable and remembered even if battery goes
flat. BUT - you do have to have a working unit to learn from even if its
on its last legs! C+
On 20/9/22 05:41, Carlos E.R. wrote:
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:
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.
The buttons are usually molded into a silicone sheet. The silicoen
starts to de-polymerise and that\'s where the liquid comes from - it\'s
silicone oil. You can clean it off with alcohol, but that just gives you
enough time to look for a new remote control.
On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:08:09 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote
as underneath :
In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:19:24 +0200, \"Carlos
E.R.\" <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
Well, that started to happen when the remote was not old, and several
years later I\'m still using that machine. It is my only device that
developed that problem. I have (had, I threw them away this summer) TVs
older than that.
No one sells that ancient remote control AFAIK.
On ebay I found someone who sells universale remotes that he has
programmed for specific devices. They aren\'t univesal anymore and they
don\'t come with instructions how to make them universal or any other
model. I think I found it just by googling the model number, but on ebay
where I didn\'t expect them.
One time I think he wrote me that he was going to stop because he was\'t
making enough money anymore. I said Raise your price. He still would
have been cheaper then new old stock. (It occurs to me now that I only
know about my particular make and model, and I presume he sold many
different models.) I don\'t know what he decided to do. He had one
location in the USA and one in England, I think it was.
The Chunghop L336 universal learning remotes work well and are cheap
enough. All buttons programmable and remembered even if battery goes
flat. BUT - you do have to have a working unit to learn from even if its
on its last legs! C+
On 2022-09-20 06:03, Clifford Heath wrote:
On 20/9/22 05:41, Carlos E.R. wrote:
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:
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.
The buttons are usually molded into a silicone sheet. The silicoen
starts to de-polymerise and that\'s where the liquid comes from - it\'s
silicone oil. You can clean it off with alcohol, but that just gives
you enough time to look for a new remote control.
I wonder if that is the degradation process that happens to kitchen
utensils, that have parts made in some kind of non slippery rubber.
After some years, they degrade and leak something like a glue and have
to be thrown to the garbage, unless the rubber part can be removed and
the thing still works.
It is not, apparently, what happened to my remote, as the buttons are
still, apparently, intact.
enough. All buttons programmable and remembered even if battery goes
flat. BUT - you do have to have a working unit to learn from even if its
on its last legs! C+
On 2022-09-20 06:03, Clifford Heath wrote:
On 20/9/22 05:41, Carlos E.R. wrote:
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.
The buttons are usually molded into a silicone sheet. The silicoen
starts to de-polymerise and that\'s where the liquid comes from - it\'s
silicone oil. You can clean it off with alcohol, but that just gives you
enough time to look for a new remote control.
Well, that started to happen when the remote was not old, and several
years later I\'m still using that machine. It is my only device that
developed that problem. I have (had, I threw them away this summer) TVs
older than that.
No one sells that ancient remote control AFAIK.
--
Cheers, Carlos.
I have not seen this happen to kitchen utensils. I have seen it happen to car radio head units, car climate control centers, and hand tools. I don\'t know of anyway to stop the process or clean up the mess.On 2022-09-20 06:03, Clifford Heath wrote:
On 20/9/22 05:41, Carlos E.R. wrote:
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:
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.
The buttons are usually molded into a silicone sheet. The silicoen
starts to de-polymerise and that\'s where the liquid comes from - it\'s
silicone oil. You can clean it off with alcohol, but that just gives you
enough time to look for a new remote control.
I wonder if that is the degradation process that happens to kitchen
utensils, that have parts made in some kind of non slippery rubber.
After some years, they degrade and leak something like a glue and have
to be thrown to the garbage, unless the rubber part can be removed and
the thing still works.
It is not, apparently, what happened to my remote, as the buttons are
still, apparently, intact.
--
Cheers, Carlos.
On 2022-09-21 08:21, Charlie+ wrote:
On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:08:09 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote
as underneath :
In sci.electronics.repair, on Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:19:24 +0200, \"Carlos
E.R.\" <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
The Chunghop L336 universal learning remotes work well and are cheap
enough. All buttons programmable and remembered even if battery goes
flat. BUT - you do have to have a working unit to learn from even if its
on its last legs! C+
Good to know, thanks.
I wonder, if someone could publish libraries of codes to teach remotes
the \"language\" of some other remote in the library. Would save effort
and time.