NorthernMage
Veteran Member
After 5+ years of use the battery in my key fob has become unreliable and the range has gone down to inches. I followed the how to links and it is really quite easy to do, the thing that intriqued me was the battery. It is a standard BIOS battery off on any motherboard and my IT department happened to have a bushel of them. They are the CR2032 batteries, should be minimum cost, free if you know a computer geek. With the new battery and a small flat bladed screwdriver I was good to go in less than 3 minutes.
Impressed that the single battery lasted more than 5 years and that it was something logical, the fob is just a circuit board, why not use the standard battery in the computer industry that maintains memory on circuit boards - I like that kind of thinking, wonder if all fobs are standard?
Impressed that the single battery lasted more than 5 years and that it was something logical, the fob is just a circuit board, why not use the standard battery in the computer industry that maintains memory on circuit boards - I like that kind of thinking, wonder if all fobs are standard?