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Title: The Keyfob Battery
Post by: SirDavidAlhambra on September 19, 2021, 08:39:45 AM
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen!

How often do you change the battery in your keyfob?

I change mine every 2 years because I like it to have a nice long range.
Title: Re: The Keyfob Battery
Post by: brianh on September 19, 2021, 09:18:51 AM
When it stops working for me.
Title: Re: The Keyfob Battery
Post by: SirDavidAlhambra on September 19, 2021, 02:52:02 PM
A most thrifty approach! I like your style!  ;D
Title: Re: The Keyfob Battery
Post by: Daveandsharan on September 21, 2021, 08:40:43 AM
Mine is still working ok after 9 years.

Dave
Title: Re: The Keyfob Battery
Post by: SirDavidAlhambra on September 21, 2021, 09:43:36 AM
Not bad, not bad at all. A duracell battery, perhaps?

I find my battery runs out more quickly if I hold down the 'open' button in the summer to open all the windows at once.

Do any of you guys do preventative changes of your main big car battery, for instance changing it every 5 years before the winter season? Or do you just leave it there until one day the car doesn't start?
Title: Re: The Keyfob Battery
Post by: Digitalis on September 22, 2021, 11:37:53 AM
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is the policy I adopt.  :) My current Galaxy and previous 3 have all had far too many things that actually DID need fixing.  ;D
Title: Re: The Keyfob Battery
Post by: Mirez on September 22, 2021, 05:09:25 PM
I've just changed the vehicle battery on a 2012 car, it was the original AGM!

Batteries generally give plenty of warning that they are on the way out so I wouldn't be in a rush to replace them.
Title: Re: The Keyfob Battery
Post by: SirDavidAlhambra on September 22, 2021, 06:05:50 PM
Thank you very much. I have a nice big Yuasa battery (110Ah I think) and it seems nice and powerful so I think I can hopefully get a few more years out of it yet! It is just approaching 5 years.