Has this happened to you? Was sitting in my big comfy chair yesterday,
when I heard a roar from the basement. Demons seem to have taken
possession of my dust collector. Or more accurately, the Shop Fox remote
switch that controls it. At any rate the dust collector started running
by itself, making me wonder if that has ever happened before, like when
we've been out of town for a few days.

It's not too convenient but to be safe I'll have to unplug the remote
box everyday. If it was convenient to get to the DC, I wouldn't need the
remote (it's a real bitch to get back to that corner). I may need to
hardwire a switch in a convenient place for the remote system, of course
if I do that why would I still need the remote (anyone wanna buy a
really good remote switch)?

Since I have to take precautions now, I won't even bother trying to
diagnose the problem - we have 3 old TVs, 2 VCRs, 1 DVD player, 1 CD
player, stereo tuner/amp, cordless phones, cell phones, wireless
computer network, and a garage door opener, and probably some other
stuff - all with remotes. Each was added one at a time to fill some
perceived need, now we're overrun by technology. Maybe one of the cats
walked on a remote, or someone driving by zapped us with something, or
there could be multiple causes. Crap! Time to simplify a bit.

Maybe this is why the Shop Fox was so much cheaper than the Long Ranger.
So has anyone else had their Shop Fox or Long Ranger remote triggered by
surprise?

PDX David
(I realize that with all the world's problems, this one isn't very high
on the serious scale)

My X10 remote does the same thing. I have to unplug mint also.
Ted
Jane & David wrote:
Has this happened to you? Was sitting in my big comfy chair yesterday,
when I heard a roar from the basement. Demons seem to have taken
possession of my dust collector. Or more accurately, the Shop Fox remote
switch that controls it. At any rate the dust collector started running
by itself, making me wonder if that has ever happened before, like when
we've been out of town for a few days.

It's not too convenient but to be safe I'll have to unplug the remote
box everyday. If it was convenient to get to the DC, I wouldn't need the
remote (it's a real bitch to get back to that corner). I may need to
hardwire a switch in a convenient place for the remote system, of course
if I do that why would I still need the remote (anyone wanna buy a
really good remote switch)?

Since I have to take precautions now, I won't even bother trying to
diagnose the problem - we have 3 old TVs, 2 VCRs, 1 DVD player, 1 CD
player, stereo tuner/amp, cordless phones, cell phones, wireless
computer network, and a garage door opener, and probably some other
stuff - all with remotes. Each was added one at a time to fill some
perceived need, now we're overrun by technology. Maybe one of the cats
walked on a remote, or someone driving by zapped us with something, or
there could be multiple causes. Crap! Time to simplify a bit.

Maybe this is why the Shop Fox was so much cheaper than the Long Ranger.
So has anyone else had their Shop Fox or Long Ranger remote triggered by
surprise?

PDX David
(I realize that with all the world's problems, this one isn't very high
on the serious scale)

"Jane & David" wrote in message

Maybe this is why the Shop Fox was so much cheaper than the Long Ranger.
So has anyone else had their Shop Fox or Long Ranger remote triggered by
surprise?

I actually came back from getting a cup of coffee in the house one morning
and found my DC running, but I had the Rockler remote in my apron pocket and
assumed that I had somehow turned it on by accident.

From previous experience/testing, the Rockler remote unit I have will
operate the DC from the front porch of the house with the shop doors closed.

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Jane & David said:

Has this happened to you? Was sitting in my big comfy chair yesterday,
when I heard a roar from the basement. Demons seem to have taken
possession of my dust collector.

No, but I HAVE had the air compressor come on in the middle of the
night - subsequently scaring ourselves and half the neighborhood out
of their beds... g

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Maybe this is why the Shop Fox was so much cheaper than the Long Ranger.
So has anyone else had their Shop Fox or Long Ranger remote triggered by
surprise?

I got a used and broken Long Ranger from someone here on the wreck.
(Who, incidentally, doesn't seem to come around anymore...)
The Long Ranger is an RF encoded digital remote. I'm not sure what
the Shop Fox is, RF or IR. IR is pretty much line of sight, but there
are plenty of RF devices that can play havoc with a poorly designed RF
unit - Garage Door openers, Car Remotes and Alarms all come to mind...
Have you tried reprogramming the remote to another binary pattern?
Does it even use digital encoding? Or is it a simple carrier trigger?

At any rate, I fixed it and it has never done this in 4 years of use
and having constant power applied. Look on the back of the unit - if
it says Made in China, well, now you know the _rest_ of the story...

FWIW,

Greg G.

Jane & David wrote:

Has this happened to you? Was sitting in my big comfy chair yesterday,
when I heard a roar from the basement. Demons seem to have taken
possession of my dust collector. Or more accurately, the Shop Fox remote
switch that controls it. At any rate the dust collector started running
by itself, making me wonder if that has ever happened before, like when
we've been out of town for a few days.

It's not too convenient but to be safe I'll have to unplug the remote
box everyday. If it was convenient to get to the DC, I wouldn't need the
remote (it's a real bitch to get back to that corner). I may need to
hardwire a switch in a convenient place for the remote system, of course
if I do that why would I still need the remote (anyone wanna buy a
really good remote switch)?

Since I have to take precautions now, I won't even bother trying to
diagnose the problem - we have 3 old TVs, 2 VCRs, 1 DVD player, 1 CD
player, stereo tuner/amp, cordless phones, cell phones, wireless
computer network, and a garage door opener, and probably some other
stuff - all with remotes. Each was added one at a time to fill some
perceived need, now we're overrun by technology. Maybe one of the cats
walked on a remote, or someone driving by zapped us with something, or
there could be multiple causes. Crap! Time to simplify a bit.

Maybe this is why the Shop Fox was so much cheaper than the Long Ranger.
So has anyone else had their Shop Fox or Long Ranger remote triggered by
surprise?

PDX David
(I realize that with all the world's problems, this one isn't very high
on the serious scale)
I've got 2 of the Shop Fox remotes. They sometimes turn on by
themselves, as you've experienced. I even tried a replacement
unit--same thing. I've got sensor lights all over the house, and once
in a blue moon, a light will go on by itself. Or a particular light
will go on when we turn off the master bathroom light. some sort of
spike in the wiring, I presume. I try to remember to unplug both of the
Shop Fox receivers before going on vacation. They usually come on in
the middle of night...

I know there's something weird with our house wiring because we can't
use ac intercoms except at 2 receptacles--all other locations fail to work.

Dave

"David" wrote in message
I know there's something weird with our house wiring because we can't
use ac intercoms except at 2 receptacles--all other locations fail to
work.

I've had similar things happen. I finally traced it to the line conditioners
I had on my computer system and my stereo system. Once those were unplugged,
all the other receptacles worked as they should.

Upscale wrote:

"David" wrote in message

I know there's something weird with our house wiring because we can't
use ac intercoms except at 2 receptacles--all other locations fail to

work.

I've had similar things happen. I finally traced it to the line conditioners
I had on my computer system and my stereo system. Once those were unplugged,
all the other receptacles worked as they should.


We've got 3 UPS's running in the house, but no line conditioners. Did
you leave the conditioners off line permanently?

Dave

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:37:38 -0600, "Swingman" wrote:

"Jane & David" wrote in message

Maybe this is why the Shop Fox was so much cheaper than the Long Ranger.
So has anyone else had their Shop Fox or Long Ranger remote triggered by
surprise?

I actually came back from getting a cup of coffee in the house one morning
and found my DC running, but I had the Rockler remote in my apron pocket and
assumed that I had somehow turned it on by accident.

From previous experience/testing, the Rockler remote unit I have will
operate the DC from the front porch of the house with the shop doors closed.


Mine comes on when I lean over wrong: I keep the control in my shop apron
pocket. I've had to start taking it out of my pocket when I'm doing tasks
that require a lot of bending.

The mystery with mine is that I will occasionally hear "beeps" coming
from the digital switch. Sometimes I can cause this by squeezing the
remote case, other times, it seems to happen on its own.



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You want weird. Here in Everett , Wa garage doors started opening and
closing them selves at odd times and other radio operated devices went nuts,
after 3 or 4 months they traced the culprit to one of the radars that the
U.S.S Lincoln uses when the enter or leave port

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