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!

In article , says...
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!



There are so many devices around that work on radio waves there can be
lots of interference. Items that are not suppose to have any radio
emissions often do. Especially the 'Dollar Store' ones.You would not
think a battery charger would put out radio waves, but they can.

It would not surprise me that many that have wireless router problems
don't have some odd device in their house that can do the same thing.

On 10/29/19 5:52 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:




There are so many devices around that work on radio waves there can be
lots of interference. Items that are not suppose to have any radio
emissions often do. Especially the 'Dollar Store' ones.You would not
think a battery charger would put out radio waves, but they can.

I wondered for several days where a high pitched noise was coming from
in the car. Turned out to be the adapter! That's definitely not a good
sign, probably some oscillation going on somewhere putting out loads of
interference. For now, I'm going to switch back to the old one I had
and move this one into the house. There isn't much it can interfere
with in here.


It would not surprise me that many that have wireless router problems
don't have some odd device in their house that can do the same thing.

I used to be into Ham radio and had a certain noise on a band for years
and could never figure out the source.... until one day when I
accidentally unplugged my ultrasonic rodent repeller (which never worked
anyway!).

In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:20:36 -0400, Jim Horton
wrote:

On 10/29/19 5:52 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:




There are so many devices around that work on radio waves there can be
lots of interference. Items that are not suppose to have any radio
emissions often do. Especially the 'Dollar Store' ones.You would not
think a battery charger would put out radio waves, but they can.

I wondered for several days where a high pitched noise was coming from
in the car. Turned out to be the adapter! That's definitely not a good
sign, probably some oscillation going on somewhere putting out loads of
interference. For now, I'm going to switch back to the old one I had
and move this one into the house. There isn't much it can interfere
with in here.


It would not surprise me that many that have wireless router problems
don't have some odd device in their house that can do the same thing.

I used to be into Ham radio and had a certain noise on a band for years
and could never figure out the source.... until one day when I
accidentally unplugged my ultrasonic rodent repeller (which never worked
anyway!).


I have an AM-FM stereo clock radio that cost about $250** and I have an
alarm clock*** that cost about $20, and when the alarm goes off on the
second one, the radio sound stops coming out of the first one!!! Starts
again as soon as I turn the alarm off. The alarm clock sits right on
top of the expensive radio.


**Couldn't get the stations I wanted at work, steel-frame building, so I
bought this to get them. IIRC, it still didn't work. AM and FM presets.
Separate speaker for the other channel.

***Also nicer than average, two alarms, music or beeping, plus a nap
setting up to 2 hours, 15 minutes at a time. All of these start softly
and get louder over a minute or so.

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 9:03:36 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:

***Also nicer than average, two alarms, music or beeping, plus a nap
setting up to 2 hours, 15 minutes at a time. All of these start softly
and get louder over a minute or so.

I got tired of waking up in a panic when my Radio Shack alarm clock went
off. I switched to my cell phone on its lowest volume. It doesn't take
much to wake me up, and I don't need snooze or any of that other stuff.
My feet are on the floor pretty much before I've silenced the alarm.

Even when I'm watching a movie and hear an alarm clock, I get an
adrenaline rush.

Cindy Hamilton

On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 03:43:54 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 9:03:36 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:

[...]. All of these start softly and get louder over a minute or so.

I have one of those. It's a Sony, a 3" cube, and it automatically
synchonizes to correct time, apparently by signals put into the FM nowadays
just for that purpose. Plus it changes to daylight or standard time by
itself.

[...] waking up in a panic
[...] switched to my cell phone on its lowest volume.

The slowly increasing sound volume is very gentle; usually causing me to
know that I am dreaming, but now is the time to wake up.

In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 30 Oct 2019 03:43:54 -0700 (PDT), Cindy
Hamilton wrote:

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 9:03:36 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:

***Also nicer than average, two alarms, music or beeping, plus a nap
setting up to 2 hours, 15 minutes at a time. All of these start softly
and get louder over a minute or so.

I got tired of waking up in a panic when my Radio Shack alarm clock went
off. I switched to my cell phone on its lowest volume. It doesn't take
much to wake me up, and I don't need snooze or any of that other stuff.
My feet are on the floor pretty much before I've silenced the alarm.

Even when I'm watching a movie and hear an alarm clock, I get an
adrenaline rush.

Cindy Hamilton

You'd make a good gunslinger.

Actually the 2 hour limit on the nap setting is too short. I'd like it
to be 10 hours, so maybe I'm up all night and go to sleep at 8AM, I'd
wake up no later than 6PM. Or at least 4 hours.

So I've looked for even more options on a clock radio, but the stores I
went to didn't have more than one model. They're not the big thing
anymore.

Maybe changing to the cell phone is what I need.

(When I'm traveling, I have a nap program (a countdown timer) and an
alarm program on the laptop, but when I'm home the laptop's usuually
stuffed in a corner.)

On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 10:21:11 AM UTC-4, Mike_Duffy wrote:
On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 03:43:54 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 9:03:36 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:

[...]. All of these start softly and get louder over a minute or so.

I have one of those. It's a Sony, a 3" cube, and it automatically
synchonizes to correct time, apparently by signals put into the FM nowadays
just for that purpose. Plus it changes to daylight or standard time by
itself.

[...] waking up in a panic
[...] switched to my cell phone on its lowest volume.

The slowly increasing sound volume is very gentle; usually causing me to
know that I am dreaming, but now is the time to wake up.

Nowadays I'm hardly ever still asleep when the alarm goes off anyway.
The thing I miss most about being young was how well I used to sleep.

Last night I slept like a baby: I woke up every 2 hours.

Cindy Hamilton

On 10/30/19 5:43 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

[snip]

I got tired of waking up in a panic when my Radio Shack alarm clock went
off. I switched to my cell phone on its lowest volume. It doesn't take
much to wake me up, and I don't need snooze or any of that other stuff.
My feet are on the floor pretty much before I've silenced the alarm.

When I was using an alarm regularly, I programmed my computer to produce
the alarm I wanted. The sound had three parts:

1. medium volume beep for 1 second, which was usually enough.

2. silent for 1 minute, so I have time to turn it off without hurrying
(DO NOT ALLOW TURNING OFF FROM BED)

3. loud 2-tone alarm for maximum of 1 hour.

Even when I'm watching a movie and hear an alarm clock, I get an
adrenaline rush.

Cindy Hamilton

--
56 days until the winter celebration (Wed, Dec 25, 2019 12:00:00 AM for
1 day).

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship." George
Wald, U.S. biochemist "The Origin of Optical Activity," in Annals of the
New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 69 (1957)

On 10/30/19 10:40 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Last night I slept like a baby: I woke up every 2 hours.

Cindy Hamilton


Last night I slept like a baby: I woke up twice with dirty diapers.

Alexandria Occasionally-Coherent

In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:40:49 -0700 (PDT), Cindy
Hamilton wrote:

On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 10:21:11 AM UTC-4, Mike_Duffy wrote:
On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 03:43:54 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 9:03:36 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:

[...]. All of these start softly and get louder over a minute or so.

I have one of those. It's a Sony, a 3" cube, and it automatically
synchonizes to correct time, apparently by signals put into the FM nowadays
just for that purpose. Plus it changes to daylight or standard time by
itself.

[...] waking up in a panic
[...] switched to my cell phone on its lowest volume.

The slowly increasing sound volume is very gentle; usually causing me to
know that I am dreaming, but now is the time to wake up.

Nowadays I'm hardly ever still asleep when the alarm goes off anyway.
The thing I miss most about being young was how well I used to sleep.

Me too, the last few years. Too fat now to sleep on my stomach, I can
sleep on my back, almost sitting up, but no matter how long I do that, I
feel like I haven't slept, and I have to sleep on my side for a while.

During my long vacation, I had a room for a little over half the time,
but slept in the car for about 32 nights. I got a better night's sleep
in the car, almost sitting up, then I do at home.

Last night I slept like a baby: I woke up every 2 hours.

You maybe stole that from ... I forget whom. His line was, I wake up
every two hours and cry. John McCain, maybe.


Cindy Hamilton

In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 30 Oct 2019 11:47:46 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

On 10/30/19 5:43 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

[snip]

I got tired of waking up in a panic when my Radio Shack alarm clock went
off. I switched to my cell phone on its lowest volume. It doesn't take
much to wake me up, and I don't need snooze or any of that other stuff.
My feet are on the floor pretty much before I've silenced the alarm.

When I was using an alarm regularly, I programmed my computer to produce
the alarm I wanted. The sound had three parts:

1. medium volume beep for 1 second, which was usually enough.

2. silent for 1 minute, so I have time to turn it off without hurrying
(DO NOT ALLOW TURNING OFF FROM BED)

First year in college, the dorm desk was in line with the bed at the
foot of my bed, and I put the alarm clock at the far end of the desk.
My head was at the far end of the bed. I could sit up and dive over the
typewriter, but I risked being impaled by the carriage return lever.
Safer to get out of bed.

3. loud 2-tone alarm for maximum of 1 hour.

Even when I'm watching a movie and hear an alarm clock, I get an
adrenaline rush.

Cindy Hamilton

During my long vacation, I had a room for a little over half the time,
but slept in the car for about 32 nights. I got a better night's sleep
in the car, almost sitting up, then I do at home.


Several folks I know sleep sitting up. Usually in a recliner type chair.
Especially folks with Reflux issues.

On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 9:42:29 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:40:49 -0700 (PDT), Cindy
Hamilton wrote:

On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 10:21:11 AM UTC-4, Mike_Duffy wrote:
On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 03:43:54 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 9:03:36 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:

[...]. All of these start softly and get louder over a minute or so.

I have one of those. It's a Sony, a 3" cube, and it automatically
synchonizes to correct time, apparently by signals put into the FM nowadays
just for that purpose. Plus it changes to daylight or standard time by
itself.

[...] waking up in a panic
[...] switched to my cell phone on its lowest volume.

The slowly increasing sound volume is very gentle; usually causing me to
know that I am dreaming, but now is the time to wake up.

Nowadays I'm hardly ever still asleep when the alarm goes off anyway.
The thing I miss most about being young was how well I used to sleep.

Me too, the last few years. Too fat now to sleep on my stomach, I can
sleep on my back, almost sitting up, but no matter how long I do that, I
feel like I haven't slept, and I have to sleep on my side for a while.

I was always a side sleeper, but now my it hurts if I try to sleep on
my side all night. I mix it up between on my back, almost sitting up,
and on my side for as long as I can stand it.

Cindy Hamilton

In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 30 Oct 2019 22:36:23 -0400,
wrote:



During my long vacation, I had a room for a little over half the time,
but slept in the car for about 32 nights. I got a better night's sleep
in the car, almost sitting up, then I do at home.


Several folks I know sleep sitting up. Usually in a recliner type chair.
Especially folks with Reflux issues.

Thanks. I don't have reflux. Maybe I just have to get better at
sleeping sitting up, or almost sitting up.

On Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 9:41:31 AM UTC-4, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 30 Oct 2019 22:36:23 -0400,
wrote:



During my long vacation, I had a room for a little over half the time,
but slept in the car for about 32 nights. I got a better night's sleep
in the car, almost sitting up, then I do at home.


Several folks I know sleep sitting up. Usually in a recliner type chair.
Especially folks with Reflux issues.

Thanks. I don't have reflux. Maybe I just have to get better at
sleeping sitting up, or almost sitting up.

In my case, it's compression of the disks between the lumbar vertebrae.

Cindy Hamilton

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 31 Oct 2019 03:26:04 -0700 (PDT), Cindy
Hamilton wrote:

On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 9:42:29 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:40:49 -0700 (PDT), Cindy
Hamilton wrote:

On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 10:21:11 AM UTC-4, Mike_Duffy wrote:
On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 03:43:54 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 9:03:36 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:

[...]. All of these start softly and get louder over a minute or so.

I have one of those. It's a Sony, a 3" cube, and it automatically
synchonizes to correct time, apparently by signals put into the FM nowadays
just for that purpose. Plus it changes to daylight or standard time by
itself.

[...] waking up in a panic
[...] switched to my cell phone on its lowest volume.

The slowly increasing sound volume is very gentle; usually causing me to
know that I am dreaming, but now is the time to wake up.

Nowadays I'm hardly ever still asleep when the alarm goes off anyway.
The thing I miss most about being young was how well I used to sleep.

Me too, the last few years. Too fat now to sleep on my stomach, I can
sleep on my back, almost sitting up, but no matter how long I do that, I
feel like I haven't slept, and I have to sleep on my side for a while.

I was always a side sleeper, but now my it hurts if I try to sleep on
my side all night. I mix it up between on my back, almost sitting up,
and on my side for as long as I can stand it.

Cindy Hamilton

Yes, it hurts to sleep on my side now too, but it's not my back that
hurts. Instead when I sleep on the right, my right side at my waist, a
few inches in and up and down hurts a lot. An aread about half a
baseball size. For months it used to be only for 5 minutes after I got
out of bed but lately it doesn't completely go away.

I know I should try sleeping on the other side, but I can't see the
clock or the radio and I'm also afraid I'll fall out of bed.

Your mattress should be the right firmness to allow a neutral spine in whatever position you sleep.

Most people probably have too firm a mattress.

I'm not sure how you could get a really neutral spine in both side and back with the same mattress, but you can get close if you add a pillow to one.

On 10/31/19 12:20 PM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 31 Oct 2019 03:26:04 -0700 (PDT), Cindy
Hamilton wrote:

On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 9:42:29 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:40:49 -0700 (PDT), Cindy
Hamilton wrote:

On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 10:21:11 AM UTC-4, Mike_Duffy wrote:
On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 03:43:54 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 9:03:36 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:

[...]. All of these start softly and get louder over a minute or so.

I have one of those. It's a Sony, a 3" cube, and it automatically
synchonizes to correct time, apparently by signals put into the FM nowadays
just for that purpose. Plus it changes to daylight or standard time by
itself.

[...] waking up in a panic
[...] switched to my cell phone on its lowest volume.

The slowly increasing sound volume is very gentle; usually causing me to
know that I am dreaming, but now is the time to wake up.

Nowadays I'm hardly ever still asleep when the alarm goes off anyway.
The thing I miss most about being young was how well I used to sleep.

Me too, the last few years. Too fat now to sleep on my stomach, I can
sleep on my back, almost sitting up, but no matter how long I do that, I
feel like I haven't slept, and I have to sleep on my side for a while.

I was always a side sleeper, but now my it hurts if I try to sleep on
my side all night. I mix it up between on my back, almost sitting up,
and on my side for as long as I can stand it.

Cindy Hamilton

Yes, it hurts to sleep on my side now too, but it's not my back that
hurts. Instead when I sleep on the right, my right side at my waist, a
few inches in and up and down hurts a lot. An aread about half a
baseball size. For months it used to be only for 5 minutes after I got
out of bed but lately it doesn't completely go away.

I know I should try sleeping on the other side, but I can't see the
clock or the radio and I'm also afraid I'll fall out of bed.



Mount some guard rails on the side of your bed.

Ralph Mowery wrote:

There are so many devices around that work on radio waves there can be
lots of interference. Items that are not suppose to have any radio
emissions often do. Especially the 'Dollar Store' ones.You would not
think a battery charger would put out radio waves, but they can.

It would not surprise me that many that have wireless router problems
don't have some odd device in their house that can do the same thing.

I happened to be listening to AM radio in the car when an electric
streetcar pulled up. It was putting out a significant amount of radio
noise, although probably not as to impair cell phone use by the
passengers. They would notice that. I had a touch base table lamp that
did the same thing, whether the lamp was on or off.

Bottom line: use cables as much as you can and hope that all this EM
radiation we're stewing in doesn't shorten our lives too much.

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.Â* I found out why the key wouldn't work, but that's a separate issue.Â* 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.Â* No
damage, I've had to do it before but luckily I didn't have to walk miles this time.Â* Anyway, the remote is fine.Â* 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.Â* It is the brand that Dollartree carries.Â* 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.

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:00:46 -0400, Davis
á´?m wrote:

On 10/31/19 12:20 PM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 31 Oct 2019 03:26:04 -0700 (PDT), Cindy
Hamilton wrote:

On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 9:42:29 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 30 Oct 2019 07:40:49 -0700 (PDT), Cindy
Hamilton wrote:

On Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 10:21:11 AM UTC-4, Mike_Duffy wrote:
On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 03:43:54 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 9:03:36 PM UTC-4, micky wrote:

[...]. All of these start softly and get louder over a minute or so.

I have one of those. It's a Sony, a 3" cube, and it automatically
synchonizes to correct time, apparently by signals put into the FM nowadays
just for that purpose. Plus it changes to daylight or standard time by
itself.

[...] waking up in a panic
[...] switched to my cell phone on its lowest volume.

The slowly increasing sound volume is very gentle; usually causing me to
know that I am dreaming, but now is the time to wake up.

Nowadays I'm hardly ever still asleep when the alarm goes off anyway.
The thing I miss most about being young was how well I used to sleep.

Me too, the last few years. Too fat now to sleep on my stomach, I can
sleep on my back, almost sitting up, but no matter how long I do that, I
feel like I haven't slept, and I have to sleep on my side for a while.

I was always a side sleeper, but now my it hurts if I try to sleep on
my side all night. I mix it up between on my back, almost sitting up,
and on my side for as long as I can stand it.

Cindy Hamilton

Yes, it hurts to sleep on my side now too, but it's not my back that
hurts. Instead when I sleep on the right, my right side at my waist, a
few inches in and up and down hurts a lot. An aread about half a
baseball size. For months it used to be only for 5 minutes after I got
out of bed but lately it doesn't completely go away.

I know I should try sleeping on the other side, but I can't see the
clock or the radio and I'm also afraid I'll fall out of bed.



Mount some guard rails on the side of your bed.

Not a bad idea. I actually have a guard rail that came with a loft bed
that a roommmate long ago brought to my place, then left without taking
it. The bed is in the basement and I think I put the rail under that
mattress.

Then I can see if the pain moves to the other side. Thanks.

I'll look intothe mattress too, Tim

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:10:43 -0400, Bob
wrote:

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.

On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 19:57:44 -0400, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:10:43 -0400, Bob
wrote:

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

On 10/31/19 8:48 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 19:57:44 -0400, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:10:43 -0400, Bob
wrote:

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.Â* I found out why the key wouldn't work, but that's a separate issue.Â* 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.Â* No
damage, I've had to do it before but luckily I didn't have to walk miles this time.Â* Anyway, the remote is fine.Â* 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.Â* It is the brand that Dollartree carries.Â* 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.

On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 21:33:40 -0400, "
wrote:

On 10/31/19 8:48 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 19:57:44 -0400, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:10:43 -0400, Bob
wrote:

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

On 10/31/19 10:06 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:



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

I regret to say that I used to do similar tricks, but I got one final
warning- a firm, but still gentle warning- to stop or else! The warning
was a shock but it worked and I haven't littered in any capacity ever
since. In fact, some good has come out of it making me realize that
there are metal recyclers nearby that will take just about anything you
want to give them and pay you cash. For a TV, they pay about $5 even
for a non-working one, because they look at it from a metal content. I
had some scrap lead laying around that I had no idea how to dispose of,
but I ended up getting over $100 in scrap fee. All I can say is that I
wish it hadn't of take such a warning to get me to just look around a
little and see there are alternatives available as opposed to the easy
littering route.

My local landfill also has "hazardous material days" twice a year where
they'll take just about anything for free. Normally, on all other days,
they might actually charge $5 for a tv, or a certain amount per lb for
lead, for example, but if one simply wait for these days, there is no
fee.

On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 22:44:23 -0400, Jim Horton
wrote:

On 10/31/19 10:06 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:



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

I regret to say that I used to do similar tricks, but I got one final
warning- a firm, but still gentle warning- to stop or else! The warning
was a shock but it worked and I haven't littered in any capacity ever
since. In fact, some good has come out of it making me realize that
there are metal recyclers nearby that will take just about anything you
want to give them and pay you cash. For a TV, they pay about $5 even
for a non-working one, because they look at it from a metal content. I
had some scrap lead laying around that I had no idea how to dispose of,
but I ended up getting over $100 in scrap fee. All I can say is that I
wish it hadn't of take such a warning to get me to just look around a
little and see there are alternatives available as opposed to the easy
littering route.

My local landfill also has "hazardous material days" twice a year where
they'll take just about anything for free. Normally, on all other days,
they might actually charge $5 for a tv, or a certain amount per lb for
lead, for example, but if one simply wait for these days, there is no
fee.

anything with copper, brass, aluminum, or lead is money in the bank -
and even stainless is worth something

On 10/31/2019 08:44 PM, Jim Horton wrote:
My local landfill also has "hazardous material days" twice a year where
they'll take just about anything for free. Normally, on all other days,
they might actually charge $5 for a tv, or a certain amount per lb for
lead, for example, but if one simply wait for these days, there is no fee.


Anybody casting bullets or fishing sinkers would be happy to take the
lead off your hands.

On 11/1/19 9:43 AM, rbowman wrote:



Anybody casting bullets or fishing sinkers would be happy to take the
lead off your hands.


True, but since I was moving at the time and had a couple of hundred
lbs, I had to dispose of it quickly. I called the landfill, but the
"free" day they had would have been too far in the future. I have to
give them credit though as they were the ones suggesting the local metal
recycler that I hadn't known about prior.

It's been kindnesses like that, plus the "final warning" I had that now
make sure I don't even chug a candy wrapper out the car window anymore!