With this trick you can spend money on unnecessary expenses and solve a classic home problem in just a few steps.

In recent years, technology has really advanced a lot, allowing us  to benefit from a series of very innovative devices and functions. However, despite the ongoing technological advances, there is one tool that never seems to go out of style. We are talking about the  remote control  , which even today we use to turn on the television and switch between the different channels in search of the program we like the most. In the same way, we also use the remote control to  access modern streaming content platforms  such as Netflix to enjoy the films and TV series we value most.

This trick will save you money: The remote control works as before

The operation of the remote control is guaranteed by the presence of two batteries.  Just buy the most modern models  to have a very long life. But what happens if our remote control lacks battery?

This situation is more common than you might imagine. In fact, remote controls can wear out over time and the door that covers the battery compartment can break.  This can cause one of the batteries to slip out  and potentially end up under a piece of furniture, never to be found again.

Fortunately, there are a few workarounds that will allow the remote control  to work  even if one of the batteries is missing  . Two solutions are particularly effective and we will now explain them in detail.

In the first case, measure  the amount of battery left with the glue stick  and cut off the required part. The next step is to roll an aluminum strip around the piece of glue stick we just cut out, which we will make from a sheet of paper.

After wrapping the aluminum strip well around the glue stick,  we get a sort of new battery  that we insert into the remote control compartment.

This simple solution, which can be done in a few minutes, is really enough to solve the problem and make the remote control work again: try it and believe it.

The second trick to make the remote control work: Very little is needed

The next solution is  to take a pencil  , insert it in the place in the compartment where one of the two batteries is missing and with another pencil make the necessary measurement.

With a cutter we can cut out the part of the pencil that interests us,  working it properly in a common pencil sharpener  . In this way, the piece of pencil we have obtained will have two ends with the lead.

This time you don’t even need to add aluminum for the remote to work, in fact we only have to  insert the part of the pin into the compartment  so that it replaces the missing battery.

Does it really take so little for the remote control to work? Well, yes.  Just do a test  to make sure that our instrument is actually working properly again.

These two systems are very effective not only with the TV remote control,  but also with the air conditioning remote control  , which is essential during the summer months.