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Re: Door locks and keys...strange things part 1&2!
Benjamin Robinson wrote:
> In alt.autos.ford.focus, on the "Re: Door locks and keys...strange things
> part 1&2!" thread, Chris Whelan wrote:
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>>I needed the same size battery for a doorbell, so I took the one out of my
>>key. I didn't get round to replacing it for a month or so. It then started
>>working again! It fact, it's range seems better than when the car was new.
>
> I remember reading -- somewhere -- that if you don't use a worn-down
> battery for
> a while, they sometimes "bounce back." That is, if you rest the battery
> for a while, and then use it again, it will appear to have a bit more
> juice than the
> last time you used it. This effect is temporary, as you might imagine,
> and you'll eventually need to get a new battery.
>
> Perhaps something similar is happening in the case of your key battery.
> (By the
> way, I'm in the States. I assume you're talking about the button battery
> that goes in the key fob, right?)
Yes, the coin sized cell. In the UK, the remote function is built in to the
key, not a separate fob. The principle of operation is the same however.
I should have made it clearer that the battery I fitted to to the remote
that eventually made it work was a new one.
Chris
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