One item comes off the shame shelf

I had purchased this non-Nikon (notice it says: For Nikon) IR remote for the D40 SLR some time ago on Ebay.  It did work at first but then NOPE !  So it got put on the shame shelf with the other broke stuff.

Today I noticed it and since I had just purchased a bunch of CR2032 lithium cells on Ebay, why not give it a re-try ?  So I put the CR2032 in, almost inserting it upside down but caught the error.  Then I got out the cheap cell phone that I use as an MP3 music player.  The cameras on the cheaper phones don't have an IR filter so it's easy to try an IR remote (in a darkened room) and see if the IR LED lights - and it did !

  So the next step was to get out the Nikon D40 and try it but still NOPE.  I then delved into the menus and turned on the IR remote and voila, it works !

A picture of me triggering the D40 camera with the IR remote control

Then I looked at the cell that came with the remote, it was NOT a CR2032, it was the slightly skinnier CR2025 so possibly a bad connection was the problem ?  Anyway, it works now, hurrah !

CR2025 is on the left, CR2032 on the right

The CR2025 still puts out 3.3 volts even after all these years.

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
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