Re: Fail-safe for keyless entry

[The Daring Dufas <the-daring-dufas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Green wrote:
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>> Robert Green wrote:
>>> "The Daring Dufas" <the-daring-dufas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> mike wrote:
>>>>> Don't put the fob in your pocket or purse until you are out of range.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cost: $0.00
>>>> Still wind up with a dead battery......
>>>> May also set off a terrorist bomb.
>>>>
>>>> TDD
>>> Please explain.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bobby G.
>>>
>>>
>> If you are out of range and are still keeping the remote buttons
>> pressed, it will run down the battery in the remote. The terrorist
>> crack is referring to the fact that you could activate something
>> unintentionally. The insurgents in Iraq use all sorts of remote
>> technology to set off IED's. It was levity.
>
> Ask DerbyDad03 - I am humor challenged.  He has to explain all his jokes to
> me, too.
>
> Oh well.
>
> I get your point, though.  It's just not an optimum solution for me.
>
> --
> Bobby G.
>

I've a friend who would often bring me his huge remote key fob
for his Dodge pickup for repair. I would solder the battery
contacts back on to the little circuit board until the board
board started coming apart. He said the darn things were very
expensive.

TDD