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tiredmike59 · 09-12-2011, 02:54 AM

Tonight I was taping Gomer Pyle off MeTV when I noticed my hand holding the remote started to burn. I looked down and noticed a goo oozing from the back of the remote,the batteries had burst open. I had them in there since the early 90s, I can't believe they lasted that long. I finished editing out the commercials by using the pause button on the vcr. I cleaned out the remote with a rag dipped in alcohol and replaced the batteries, it works fine now. When was the last time you changed the batteries in your remote ? I never even think about it.

Zoneboy · 09-12-2011, 03:18 AM

What brand of batteries were they? I've never heard of batteries being in a device that long and not going dead or corroding before now.

tiredmike59 · 09-12-2011, 05:18 AM

The only english writing on them was KPN, the rest was all in japanese. I bought that vcr in 92-93 and that was the only time I put batteries in the remote.

NathanBarley · 09-12-2011, 05:18 AM

Thats mental. Since the early 90's? Which means they have been in there for like 16 years at least. I really don't think that is possible. Maybe someone else changed them without you knowing, because I dont think there is any battery that could last that long. They usually dont even last a year if used relatively regularly.

tiredmike59 · 09-12-2011, 12:09 PM

I never changed them, they are the original batteries that came with the remote when I bought the vcr.

09-12-2011, 02:54 AM	#1
tiredmike59 Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 05, 2010 Location: OUTLAW STATE {MO} Posts: 1,868	The remote Tonight I was taping Gomer Pyle off MeTV when I noticed my hand holding the remote started to burn. I looked down and noticed a goo oozing from the back of the remote,the batteries had burst open. I had them in there since the early 90s, I can't believe they lasted that long. I finished editing out the commercials by using the pause button on the vcr. I cleaned out the remote with a rag dipped in alcohol and replaced the batteries, it works fine now. When was the last time you changed the batteries in your remote ? I never even think about it.

09-12-2011, 03:18 AM	#2
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09-12-2011, 05:18 AM	#3
tiredmike59 Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 05, 2010 Location: OUTLAW STATE {MO} Posts: 1,868	The only english writing on them was KPN, the rest was all in japanese. I bought that vcr in 92-93 and that was the only time I put batteries in the remote.

09-12-2011, 05:18 AM	#4
NathanBarley Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 01, 2011 Posts: 15	Thats mental. Since the early 90's? Which means they have been in there for like 16 years at least. I really don't think that is possible. Maybe someone else changed them without you knowing, because I dont think there is any battery that could last that long. They usually dont even last a year if used relatively regularly.

09-12-2011, 12:09 PM	#5
tiredmike59 Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 05, 2010 Location: OUTLAW STATE {MO} Posts: 1,868	I never changed them, they are the original batteries that came with the remote when I bought the vcr.