Hey,
Where did the back
of the remote go?
Remote #1 Missing back
Empty toliet paper roll Three cut pieces
Three pieces put together
Rectangles for holding in the batteries Stacked rectangles
Taped stack of rectangles All pieces together
New back of remote in place
Duct tape on the top
Remote #2 Missing back
Cut back to shape
Rectangles for holding in the batteries Taped stack of rectangles
All pieces taped together
Duct tape on the top
Remote #3 Missing back
Egg like shape with two slits cut for the side that is sloped
Overlapped paper that has been cut in slits then taped
Rectangles for holding in the batteries Taped together rectangles
All pieces together
Duct tape on the top
Painted all three black
Hey, where did the back of
the remote go? I can’t tell you the
number of times I have asked this question.
I move furniture, couch cushions and afghans, and I can’t find them. It
is like the missing sock from the dryer for our family. We then proceed to put duct tape on the back
of the remote. While this solution does allow us to keep the batteries in the
remote; we still have to adjust the batteries back in place after a while. The duct tape eventually gets gummy or sticky
from use. Which leads to me wondering
again, where did the back to the remote go?
Sometimes I even look for it again, which has yet to yield results.
We were up to three out of
our four remotes without backs for the batteries. This time I took it as a personal challenge
to find a better solution than “just” duct tape. I took each remote and tried a
different material to cover the back. I covered each back with duct tape and
painted them black to match. The paint should
(I hope) keep the duct tape from fraying at the sides. I also added a thick
rectangle on the inside like what comes in the backs originally, to hold the batteries
in place. Now to see if it works… (maniacal laugh).
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