On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 21:33:40 -0400, "
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On 10/31/19 8:48 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 19:57:44 -0400, micky
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In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:10:43 -0400, Bob
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On 10/29/19 5:14 PM, Jim Horton wrote:
A few weeks back, I posted here about the fact that my car's remote sometimes wouldn't function and the single key I have wouldn't unlock the doors.* I found out why the key wouldn't work, but that's a separate issue.* Today, the remote did it again and
wouldn't unlock the car. This time, opening and moving the battery, etc did no good and I had to go back into the hardware store, grab a small steel flag stick (like is put around wet concrete), and break into my car through the passenger side door.* No
damage, I've had to do it before but luckily I didn't have to walk miles this time.* Anyway, the remote is fine.* A few weeks ago, I picked up a 12v cigarette lighter adapter with two USB outputs. When the adapter is plugged in, my remote won't work!
This cigarette lighter to USB adapter must be causing an interfering signal that prevents remote function.* It is the brand that Dollartree carries.* I guess in this case, you definitely get what you pay for!


Had some LED light bulbs that would block a garage door opener remote control signal from closing the door.

I used to have CFLs that would block a TV remote from working.

And an old 4-port network hub/switch used to spew out some nasty stuff that would basically prevent an AM radio from working.

All that chunk is resting quietly now at the bottom of the local landfill.

YOu too could have given it to Goodwill Industries or the Salvation
Army. If you wanted, you could have attached a note about the problem
it cause,

Or you could have given the stuff to friends and told them what th
problem was so if they had the same problem, they'd know what caused it.
Mine goes to the recyclers. I get about 7 cents a pound and it
doesn't fill and poison the landfil


I had an old CRT TV I needed to get rid of. The recyclers all wanted a $40 disposal fee...so I took it for a ride on a moonless cloudy night.
It found a good home in a ditch right in front of an old sofa.
That's a shotgun offence