Re: Fail-safe for keyless entry

["Robert Green" <robert_green1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Mike Barnes" <mikebarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Robert Green <robert_green1963@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >I've got the typical minivan keyless entry keychain fob but it's got a
> >serious design problem.
> >
> >The buttons depress too easily and often accidentally when the fob is
pushed
> >into a pocket or a purse.  It's happened more than once, so it's time to
do
> >something about it.
>
> I had a similar problem with a Garmin GPS. I put a ring of hot-melt
> adhesive on the surface around the button(s). It was a tricky job but it
> looked good and worked perfectly.

Mike, you must have nerves of steel and one hell of an even-flowing glue gun
to be able to sculpt glue like that.  It would be beyond me.  Besides, this
is a 7 button (IIRC) remote with four of the keys arranged like pie wedges
with very thin separators.

The glue method is a good technique to know, and I've used a similar one
elsewhere (superglue and washers and O-rings) but I don't think it will work
on this fob.

Thanks for the suggestion, though, Mike.

--
Bobby G.