MTH Remote shutdown

Nice tip. Is this because the battery pops up against the lid it slides the contact as well? Believe it was Barry who mentioned about adding a thin piece of foam to assist in keeping the batteries in place. Prior to doing that had the "dark" remote happen a lot, will look at the contact location now.

Dave Hikel came up with an interesting solution, and I have these in a couple of my remotes, they work like a champ!  This little rig sets on top of the batteries and the cover holds them exactly in place like it should have been done by the factory.

Yes it took a while to realize what was happening.  After securing the + contacts with super glue the remote has worked perfectly without any other action needed.

John,

Where can I purchase the Hikel DCS battery holder? It seems like a great solution for the problem.

Thanks,

Ron

I got it from them direct at York, but I presume you could contact them.

Hikel Layouts & Trains

Here's the contact information as well from the above site.

I'm sorry I'm not the one recommending that unit.  I just glue the contacts in place and it does the trick.