viper remote kills batteries??

[Audio4ever 10+ year member]

I got the viper 5701 if i put new batteries in the remote they will be dead within 2weeks. Wat could cause this??

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[thatguy12 10+ year member]

maybe your accidentally holding a button down alot of the time? your using cheap batteries? you have a lemon remote? the remote just overall *****?

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

I had a remote that was doing that so I opened it up to look at the traces and contacts. There was some type of residue from a previous cleaning or whatever. I took alcohol and a cotton swab to everything and followed it up with a dry swab. That fixed my problem.

Had this type of traces.