On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 03:16:19 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:


"David" wrote in message
So I walk back to the shop to install the new battery in the remote
when...damn!...I touched the battery to the connector w/ reverse polarity
for a split second.

Wonderful. Out of warranty.

What is wrong with this picture?


Know where you are going with this Ed, but I'm inclined to agree that if
this were within the warranty period, it could have been covered with the
OP feeling no ethical qualms claiming a replacement.

Given the current state of engineering and our level of technology, I'd
be inclined to label this as a design flaw. i.e. Double-E who designed
the remote should have taken into consideration the possiblity of someone
reversing polarity on the battery, peer reviewers [they did do peer reviews
on the design, right?] should have caught that, design reviews should have
caught the potential, and any Quality/logistics engineers associated with
the design should have identified this failure point and required
mitigation/redesign.

Dead items due to reversed battery polarity should be a thing of the
60's, not the 21'st century.




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