Comments on: TV IR Remote That Eats Lithium Batteries Fixed

By: Albert van Bemmelen

Albert van Bemmelen — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 06:37:51 +0000

Thanks Mark! Probably the easiest solutions are often also the best ones.

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By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 02:12:05 +0000

Well done Albert for thinking out of the box!

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By: Albert van Bemmelen

Albert van Bemmelen — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 05:17:24 +0000

In reply to Yogesh Panchal.

Yes that could save battery life and time to switch it off Yogesh, especially if your DMM has an electronic autoswitch! Luckily my many DMMs hold on long on those 9V block batteries. And I also have some of those rechargable new lithium-ion 9V batteries that I also use in my fire/smoke alarm devices on the ceiling. And they also have a long extended working life. And I also have a DMM (from Conrad Germany) that charges on solar cells and that internally uses supercaps that also can be charged through the meter probes by external AC/DC voltages.

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By: Albert van Bemmelen

Albert van Bemmelen — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:29:11 +0000

In reply to Abdul latif.

I'm glad that you liked the article Abdul!

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By: Albert van Bemmelen

Albert van Bemmelen — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:26:49 +0000

Thanks Waleed! Once in a while the providence helps me to find a good solution to a bad problem! My brother is glad with this fix that made his original remote as good as new again because the replacement remote he previously already had ordered has still not been delivered. And the universal replacement remote ordered is no exact replicate anyhow!

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By: Albert van Bemmelen

Albert van Bemmelen — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:19:43 +0000

In reply to Robert Samuel.

Interesting fact that you mentioned about your Samsung Bluetooth TV remote Robert, because the Ziggo remote (Humax Settop box, without BT) also worked with my Samsung TV. It looks like those Samsung controller chips maybe all have a battery draining problem?

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By: Yogesh Panchal

Yogesh Panchal — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:54:05 +0000

Albert,
Good Fix!
I also planned to put on/off switch In Digital Multimeter because most common range used in multimeter is Diode /Beep Mode and every time you have to rotate it to Off Mode.by putting switch you just turn the meter off on same location which extend the battery life.

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By: Waleed Rishmawi

Waleed Rishmawi — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:57:20 +0000

a very interesting repair thanks for sharing. have a blessed day

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By: Robert Samuel

Robert Samuel — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:33:33 +0000

Great Repair work. I have a Samsung Bluetooth TV remote that also drains batteries every 3 weeks. Samsung explained that because the BT is always communicating with the TV, it i expected that the batteries will drain quickly.
I have been thinking of inserting a switch but was not sure what type of switch to use.
Your innovative repair article has provided the answer. Thanks again.
Robert Samuel.

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By: Albert van Bemmelen

Albert van Bemmelen — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:21:37 +0000

In reply to Brian Clark.

Thank you for that valued information Brian. If we now only knew how to do just that! The datasheet of the mentioned microcontroller is very large!(233 pages). And the standard instruction manual of course doesn't mention anything on this programming mode.

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