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   coolbreeze | Dec 18, 2007 06:25am | #1

   Is yours new? Did you turn your DC on? It will not turn your DC on, it will just send the electricity to it. If your DC switch is in the off position, your remote will not work. I am not being trivial with this answer. I know that folks do forget that the switch has to be "on"

   I really like the Lone Ranger. My DC is a Delta 1/12 hp which works off 110V. I have just added a Penn State which will be used on the "other side". It is a 110 also and I have another Long Ranger ordered.

   Hope you get it going soon.

   Cool

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   tkiser | Dec 18, 2007 04:16pm | #2

   The unit is about 3 yrs old it just stopped working!

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   mrbird90 | Dec 19, 2007 02:46am | #3

   Did you check the batteries in the remote. This happened to me and all it took was new batteries.

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   BilljustBill | Dec 19, 2007 04:19am | #4

   I've found that the original battery finally got weak and so shorten the effective distance between the remote and the receivers to make them work.  I bought one of those "7 year" smoke detector batteries found at Lowes.  We'll see how long it works.

   I have two reciever units as my custom-made dust collector has two 220v blower motors.  The units did not come with matching frequencies, but this brand will let you match different remotes to the recivers. So I programed both of them so I can use either remote to turn on both motors.  Sometimes, if I haven't use them in a few weeks, I'll find myself having to bump the "ON" button twice to get both motors going.  Check your directions about changing/adding remotes with diffrent frequencies.  I think you'll find a way to get it up and going again.  I've never had a problem with stray signals or lightening causing any unwanted operation.

   As a sidebar to this Make of remote:  I've found myself bumping my apron pocket and cutting OFF the system.  What I did was get small "O" rings and using some THICK super glue to glue the rubber ring around the ON and OFF buttons to prevent unwanted signals being sent.

     Bill

   
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   Dave45 | Dec 19, 2007 06:12pm | #6

   I've never lost a DC remote, or had my DC start/stop because I bumped against something.  How, you may ask, did I achieve this state of near-perfection? - lol

   My shop practices sometimes make Roy Underhill look like the neatest and most organized woodworker that's ever lived.  When I got my remote switch (with two controllers) a couple of years ago, I knew that it was just a matter of time (probably less than an hour), before I would lose at least one of the controllers.  With that in mind, I hung one of the controllers on the TS (near the switch) and the other controller on the wall at the other end of the shop.  They've been there from day one, and I never have to remember where I put them. 

   Yes, I usually have to take 2-3 steps to turn the DC on or off, but that's a small price to pay when the alternative is having to toss the joint to find a missing controller. - lol

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   forestgirl | Dec 19, 2007 08:12pm | #7

   "What I did was get small "O" rings and using some THICK super glue to glue the rubber ring around the ON and OFF buttons to prevent unwanted signals being sent."  Bill, thanks for that tip!  Several times, I accidently turned my DC on and that was aggravating.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   BilljustBill | Dec 20, 2007 04:18am | #8

   Most welcome, Forestgirl.  That's what I enjoy about sharing here at Knots.  I've learned so much just seeing how others deal with the same problems...

     By the way, here's a shot of how I used those 1" roller bearings on the bottom of my chip barrels.  They keep the center of gravity low, so you don't tip a full barrel as you slide them out.  Yet, there's enough room for a two-wheel dolly truck to slide under the barrel and roll across the grassy yard for some away-from-the-house shrubs when I haven't planed pressure treated lumber.

     Bill

   
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   forestgirl | Dec 20, 2007 09:02am | #9

   Very clever with the rollers, Bill.  I doubt I'll ever make that much sawdust, LOL, but I file ideas like that away -- never know when they'll come in handy!!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   JMartinsky | Dec 19, 2007 07:52am | #5

   Dear T,
   I had the same problem after about five years. I just replaced the unit with a new Long Ranger. The old remote still worked so I programmed it to the new unit so now I have two remotes lost in the shop instead of just one.

   Best,

   John