I ended up switching to rechargeable batteries because our Dish remote seem to be eating them rather quickly as well. On Apr 15, 2009, at 6:33 PM, Claudia wrote:
> > > Hi, > > What would cause batteries to drain quickly, in things like remote > controls > for television sets? > We have a Dish TV satellite system, and one of the remotes > constantly has to > have the batteries replaced! > > Granted, I don't buy the very expensive batteries; I buy Wal-Mart's > off > brand, but I don't have problems using them in other devices! > This problem is really out of control because we're having to replace > batteries, every two to three weeks, as of late! > > Dish is no help because they don't think it's a problem! > > Claudia > > Join either of my groups; the first is for visually-impaired women, > while > the other is for people wishing to discuss homemaking issues. > [email protected] > [email protected] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
