Alarm fob battery dies in 2 weeks x lots.... am I doing something wrong?

1. *something* is communicating with the fob, causing it to transmit and thus drain [I don't see the red light flash unless I push the button]
2. I'm using the wrong battery which is why it discharges so quickly: I am using CR2032 batteries which appear to fit perfectly.
3. the batch of CR2032 batteries I've got are faulty and hence why they keep failing (but I had a slightly different batch too before the present lot...)

tornadof3 said:

So, the alarm fob for my 2008 R1200GSA [which looks like this: View attachment 372086] seems to go through batteries at an alarming rate; I seem to be changing it every 10 days - 2 weeks. It doesn't seem to give much of a warning of running low, it just stops working but works perfectly again once battery is changed. Could anything be causing it to discharge like this?

I can think of three possible reasons, would appreciate guidance/advice if anyone has any experience of this:

1. *something* is communicating with the fob, causing it to transmit and thus drain [I don't see the red light flash unless I push the button]
2. I'm using the wrong battery which is why it discharges so quickly: I am using CR2032 batteries which appear to fit perfectly.
3. the batch of CR2032 batteries I've got are faulty and hence why they keep failing (but I had a slightly different batch too before the present lot...)

any thoughts?

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