The Ford Model RailRoad Club purchased the Legacy system and 2 Legacy Cab-1L Remotes number 6-37155. One of the remotes had dead batteries between shows. I replaced the batteries with new Alkaline batteries but at the next show 3 of the 4 batteries were dead. Anyone have ideas on how I may fix the remote or does it need to back to Lionel? Thanks for the response. Bruce Clark
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When I put the remote away, I use a small piece of plastic and stick it between one of the battery ends and the contact inside the battery box. This is effectively a shutoff switch. You can also simply remove the batteries, I just prefer to have them there when I take the remote back out. The remote will use battery anytime the batteries are connected, nature of the beast. That's true for the Legacy remote as well.
tic tac boxes are good for storing AAA and AA batteries.
Why not use rechargeable Batteries instead of alkalines? Kind of curious. At least that way you can recharge them. I have two sets of batteries for my CAB2.
Guys I have been using Cab1 and Cab1-L remotes for about 10 years both at home and the Club's system AND I have NEVER had this problem before. The Cab's have a timed shut off that you can check by seeing how long it takes them to shut off after the last key stroke. i am seeking to fix the problem not a work around. Thanks Bruce
Both of our remotes are now having problems - new batteries were installed and were dead after several months with white deposits on several contacts. These were good brand batteries so that indicates to me that a current draw caused the batteries to go dead. Has anyone had this problem??
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