audioguru Well-Known Member Most Helpful Member Apr 22, 2010 #21 MikeMl said: Please explain how TV remotes get 1A out of two AAA batteries? Click to expand... The AAA batteries have a bypass capacitor that supplies as much short-duration current that is needed. Don't forget that the IR LEDs are pulsed only for short moments so they don't get too hot.
MikeMl said: Please explain how TV remotes get 1A out of two AAA batteries? Click to expand... The AAA batteries have a bypass capacitor that supplies as much short-duration current that is needed. Don't forget that the IR LEDs are pulsed only for short moments so they don't get too hot.