Re: Door Openers

["Sue" <sodom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, I'm used to that.  :-)

"Bill" <billnomailnospamx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Sue"  wrote in message
>>
>> the remote work all the way from upstairs, etc?
>>
>
> I've had problems with remotes not working as stated on the package
> (designed to operate things in the living room from the bedroom). So I
> have had to modify them to be enclosed in a metal case (transmitter and
> receiver - faraday cage), then run a coax cable between the two. Then it
> works just fine.
>
> And that is the way products are these days. I find they don't work out of
> the package and I need to fix them or re-design something to get it to
> work. It used to be you could buy things and they were well designed and
> tested prior to shipping.
>