I picked up one of these 110v DC remotes from Klingspor several months back and finally got around to hooking it up to my Jet 1hp DC last week and so far I'm not to pleased with it's performance. I was wondering if anyone else had one of these, post recall, models and if they were having the same performance problem I'm seeing?
I've got it plugged into a ceiling mounted 110v outlet and the base unit itself is mounted on the end of a wall cabinet not too far from where my TS currently lives. The product specs say the unit is good for a range up to 75 feet, but when I first tried it out it would only trigger when in the 10-12 foot range. I thought no big deal the battery included in the remote must just be old, so I installed a fresh 9v battery and tested it again. That had very little effect as it only allowed me to get another 2 feet or so from the base unit and normally I could only get it to trigger when in a direct sight line with the antennae. One of my thoughts when buying this was that I might be able to move the DC unit up into the attic over my garshop to free up some floor space. If it only works line of sight and won't go through the ceiling that's not going to be an option. I read through some older posts regarding these models and saw that some folks had good results with them and I even think McRabbet mentioned he had one in his basement that triggered successfully for him. I'm wondering if it's only my unit or if I'm expecting too much in regards to it's usage range?
TIA,
Brian.
I've got it plugged into a ceiling mounted 110v outlet and the base unit itself is mounted on the end of a wall cabinet not too far from where my TS currently lives. The product specs say the unit is good for a range up to 75 feet, but when I first tried it out it would only trigger when in the 10-12 foot range. I thought no big deal the battery included in the remote must just be old, so I installed a fresh 9v battery and tested it again. That had very little effect as it only allowed me to get another 2 feet or so from the base unit and normally I could only get it to trigger when in a direct sight line with the antennae. One of my thoughts when buying this was that I might be able to move the DC unit up into the attic over my garshop to free up some floor space. If it only works line of sight and won't go through the ceiling that's not going to be an option. I read through some older posts regarding these models and saw that some folks had good results with them and I even think McRabbet mentioned he had one in his basement that triggered successfully for him. I'm wondering if it's only my unit or if I'm expecting too much in regards to it's usage range?
TIA,
Brian.
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