If I understand your description, you may be talking about the electrical
contacts that "connect" when you push the button.
A couple of points:
1: Is the remote wireless or wired--i.e. does it have batteries or is there a
wire connecting it to the bed mechanism?
If it is wireless, then working on it after you remove the batteries is
safe.
If it is wired to the mechanism, then it should only be opened and worked
on once it is disconnected from the mechanism and the power to the mechanism is
removed.
2: If the contacts are simply dirty, then they can usually be cleaned with
contact cleaner (available from Radio Shack). Cleaning the contacts with a
contact cleaner is fairly easy, but first you have to make sure the contacts
are actually metal (usually gold plated, but not always) or simply conductive
paint.
If they have worn through, then repair gets a bit more difficult.
More information about the remote is needed. Brand name and model number would
help. Have you looked on the manufacturer's web site for any information?
Get back to the group with more details.
Dale
--- In [email protected], Cindi Waters <clean_boost@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks. I checked the circuit board and the gold type painted imprints have
> worn
> off the little circles with the little gold lines on them which would touch
> the
> plastic buttons when they are pushed. I cleaned it up as much as I could. I
> wonder what that gold stuff is, maybe I could paint it on? I might take a
> picture of the circuit board and link to it so you can look at it but right
> now
> I cannot find my camera. Those replacement remotes are very expensive ($150
> or
> so) if they indeed even have them for the older models, and for some reason
> the
> last operation it performed was to raise the foot level of the bed very high
> and
> now it's permanently stuck there ... :-). So it's impossible to sleep that
> way,
> LOL! I think they make beds that will lower in case of power outage, but I
> don't
> think this one does that. Kind of like my power lift chair -- wondering in
> case
> of power outage how will I get out of it? LOL. Well, that's what husbands and
> friends are for, hmm? Anyway, thanks. Cindi
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Donk <d.knieriem@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Sat, April 23, 2011 11:32:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Not necessarily a computer question, but...
>
> Â
> I'm not even sure I know what you're talking about, but circuit boards
> have thin lines of conductive metal "painted" on them to connect all the
> components. These are usually either gold or silver. If the paint wears
> off the electrical connection is broken and the board won't work. I
> dunno if the "circles" you mention are made up of this material? If
> it's just gunky it should still work I think. But if there's a break in
> the paint you've got no connection. I don't think there's a way to
> re-paint the break, so you might be outta luck.
>
> Good luck,
> Donk
>
> On 4/21/2011 8:08 PM, clean_boost wrote:
> > I didn't know where else to ask this. I have a remote control device for an
> >adjustable bed and the bed mechanism is not responding. I opened up the
> >remote&
> >found that some of the small gold colored striped circles were either worn
> >away
> >or looked gunky. I was told by a friend who worked on computers that when
> >these
> >little doodads are burnt out or worn away they are no good any more.
> >Question:
> >what are those little gold colored circles stamped on the circuit board and
> >can
> >they be fixed or cleaned up?
> >
> >
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