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What's Hiding ON Your Remote Control?
RCW Blog: March 7, 2009
TV Remote controls revolutionized the way we spend and enjoy our television entertainment hours, but they also created another revolution. The seemingly harmless center of our TV viewing universe is also the silent yet one of the most direct methods germs and viruses spread within the home or while traveling in hotel rooms.
Has the dog ever picked up the remote? The toddler teethed on it? How often do we snack while watching TV and the oils and remnants found their way to the buttons? Does everyone in the house always wash their hands after working in the kitchen, taking out the trash or using the restroom? When you begin to think about it is there any wonder cold and rhinovirus that can live up to 2 days on a hard surface might find the buttons, crevices and indentions of the TV remote control so appealing to cling to?
After thinking about how germs in your own home find their way to the remote do we really want to visualize what might be contaminating the surface of a remote hundreds of people may have used in your hotel room? Not a pretty picture if you are fairly certain the housekeeping staff isn't wiping them down after each use.
How are we supposed to protect ourselves? Its not like we can submerge a remote in hot soapy water or spray disinfectant on its buttons. Liquid and remotes don't mix. However sanitizing wipes with their limited yet effective wetness suit the task just fine.
Wiping the remote down with a sanitizing towelette is one way you can protect yourself and your family whether at home or on the road. And while you are at it, give that cell phone, home or hotel telephone and your blackberry a sanitizing touch for good measure.
PROJECT: Open/Clean the Circuit Board and Button Pad
For the more adventurous, most remotes can be easily disassembled and made clean as a whistle. Inside there's just a circuit board and rubber keypad.
- First, remove the batteries and any screws from the back and battery compartment.
- Next, find the seam between the top and bottom case halves. Carefully use a pocket knife to gently pry top and bottom case halves apart. Slowly work your way along one side until 1 or 2 of the tab/slot connectors pop free. Now you can work the rest of the way around until top and bottom come apart
- Use an old toothbrush and warm, soapy water to thoroughly clean both sides of the rubber keypad. Be careful not to rip off any of the smaller buttons.
- Use a cotton swab and isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol to clean the top surface of the circuit board. You may find a dark orange grime all over the surface, or just on the POWER, channel UP/DOWN and volume UP/DOWN contacts. Clean and dry the board surface thoroughly
- Finally reassemble the remote, insert batteries and test.
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