Hurricane Remote Door Lock

cms · Post by **cms** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:38 am

Hi, this is my first post so I hope it's in the right place.
After many years of being lost, I have found the remote door lock sender under one of the seats minus the battery.
Has anybody an idea of which battery they took as I cannot find a mention of it anywhere in the manual.
Thanks.

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:20 am

You need 3, of the AG13 size, also known as LR44 amongst many other names. The SG13 or SR44 equivalents are the same size but silver oxide chemistry rather than alkaline, so will last longer.

Oh, and welcome along!

citronut · Post by **citronut** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:02 am

i think the LR44 would last longer as its lithium,

regards malcolm

cms · Post by **cms** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:03 pm

Brilliant, very quick reply, thanks a lot.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:40 pm

Originally they had this weird little single mini-AA type affair. You can still buy them, but I\'ve no idea what they are!

RxBX · Post by **RxBX** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 2:15 pm

mat_fenwick wrote:You need 3, of the AG13 size, also known as LR44 amongst many other names. The SG13 or SR44 equivalents are the same size but silver oxide chemistry rather than alkaline, so will last longer.

Oh, and welcome along!

Kitch wrote:Originally they had this weird little single mini-AA type affair. You can still buy them, but I've no idea what they are!

Hi Matt, Kitch /\ is correct as the actual designed voltage for the plip to work correctly is 6 volts so by only placing 3xLR44 cells end to end presumably sellotaped together (as I've often seen) will only give out 4.5 volts and therefore will be like fitting a used (on its last legs) battery and will probably compromise the distance of the plip to receiver operation too !

The correct battery type for the plip/transmitter are known as an '11A' like THIS-ONE ( Pack of FIVE or 99p on E-BAY )

I also looked for, in my book-marks for 'Rob-smiths' guide on the spec.repair/coding of the plip but unfortunately it no-longer works

Did any one possibly down load/save that PDF file ? as there was a-lot of useful info on his site, as it clearly stated/showed that the plip transmitter operated on 6 volts !

.

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:36 pm

RxBX wrote: I also looked for, in my book-marks for 'Rob-smiths' guide on the spec.repair/coding of the plip but unfortunately it no-longer works

That was an excellent resource and a great loss to the community that it's no longer on-line.
Does anyone know Rob Smith or his contact details? If it's just a hosting issue maybe one of the BX or XM forums will have spare capacity to accomodate it. It was that good that it should not be lost.

themildbunch · Post by **themildbunch** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:49 pm

All is not lost online!

I found his site this week in the wayback machine which captures sites as an ongoing process... his site is backed up here with all the useful pdfs intact..

http://www.archive.org/

Really useful site.

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:50 pm

citronut wrote:i think the LR44 would last longer as its lithium

The LR is also alkaline, maybe you're thinking of the CR series of batteries which are lithium?

RxBX wrote:The correct battery type for the plip/transmitter are known as an '11A'

That is interesting, as I've simply replaced like for like when changing keyfob batteries, and of the two I've seen both have had the wrong ones in! No sellotape though, otherwise that would have set alarm bells ringing that it wasn't the correct type. Range has never been brilliant...

RxBX · Post by **RxBX** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 7:28 pm

themildbunch wrote:All is not lost online!

I found his site this week in the wayback machine which captures sites as an ongoing process... his site is backed up here with all the useful pdfs intact..

http://www.archive.org/

Really useful site.

But all is not there on the PLIPS unfortunately as some PDFs are missing

Likewise with a few of the other PDFs in the directory LISTINGS (if you care to have a quick breeze thro' them) but much better than not being able to see nothing at all !

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Post by **Defender110** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:03 pm

mat_fenwick wrote:
citronut wrote:i think the LR44 would last longer as its lithium
The LR is also alkaline, maybe you're thinking of the CR series of batteries which are lithium?
RxBX wrote:The correct battery type for the plip/transmitter are known as an '11A'
That is interesting, as I've simply replaced like for like when changing keyfob batteries, and of the two I've seen both have had the wrong ones in! No sellotape though, otherwise that would have set alarm bells ringing that it wasn't the correct type. Range has never been brilliant...

Same as Matt on this one, mine too was fitted with the 3 LR44 not selotaped together and i rplaced like for like to try and make it work better as it was poo and had no joy. I've now replaced it with a ZX one that isn't much better. I will have to try the original with the correct battery and see if that is an improvement.
Well done 'Richard font of all knowledge'

Post by **Defender110** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:06 pm

Oh and Welcome along CMS!

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:19 pm

RxBX wrote:But all is not there on the PLIPS unfortunately as some PDFs are missing

I can see the PDF for the TEA5500 chip, but not the jpegs. I think I saved them a few years back so will have a look. I notice that from the spec sheet the voltage for the circuit is given as 3V min, 4.5V typical and 6.5V max, suggesting that it should work fine on 4.5V. I reckon the main issue is the fact that the 3 batteries aren't making ideal contact with each other - something I'd just put down to the fact my casing is held together with glue and a zip tie!
Have ordered a battery anyway

Post by **Defender110** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:33 pm

They make work on 4.5v but with 3 batts instead of one you have 4 contacts instead of 2 which could make it less reliable maybe?

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:36 pm

/ \ Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Will report back when my new battery arrives!