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Legacy Remote Draws 60mA when off 180mA when on

BillPBillPOGR Forum Member

My Legacy Remote draws 60mA from the batteries when the unit is OFF.

 

It draws 180mA when the unit is on.

 

I cannot leave batteries in the unit it will drain them in 1 day.

 

Anyone else run into this issue?  Any solutions?  The Legacy Remote is old, it was the first ones that came out.  It must be out of warranty now, so I am open to suggestions / home brew fixes.

 

So far I have ruled out two "fixes"

 

1) Get an extension cord for the unit. (Kinda flies in the face of having a remote after all)

 

2) Remove batteries after each use (not compatible with the older model of brain I use which forgets a lot)

 

Thanks for reading!

 

-Bill

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B bigdodgetrainOGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by BillP:

My Legacy Remote draws 60mA from the batteries when the unit is OFF.

 

It draws 180mA when the unit is on.

 

I cannot leave batteries in the unit it will drain them in 1 day.

 

Anyone else run into this issue?  Any solutions?  The Legacy Remote is old, it was the first ones that came out.  It must be out of warranty now, so I am open to suggestions / home brew fixes.

 

So far I have ruled out two "fixes"

 

1) Get an extension cord for the unit. (Kinda flies in the face of having a remote after all)

 

2) Remove batteries after each use (not compatible with the older model of brain I use which forgets a lot)

 

Thanks for reading!

 

-Bill

as far as we have been told the legacy remote warranty does not expire.

 

call or email and send it in.

 

talktous@lionel.com

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