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Old 05-14-2020, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by andrewwynn View Post
The megentic core of the antenna is very directional. In fact if you drilled a hole in the right place to use a qi charger with the key poked through would make it work much better.

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I came here to say this -- there is no way that the diamond fob is being charged when it is hanging from the key that's in the ignition. Wireless charging becomes completely ineffective when things are misaligned like that, or when they are a couple of inches away. I am guessing this fob has just been draining its battery, and the battery has lasted for however many years oldskewel has been doing this. After all, other manufacturers don't have wirelessly charged keys, and their fobs last many years without charging. (We had two Scion fobs which never needed battery replacements for the nine years we had the car.)
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