From: licensedtoquil@gmail.com   
      
   On 3/3/25 1:24 PM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   > Amanda Ripanykhazov  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/26/25 4:45 AM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Are the battery terminals dirty?  If an invisible film of corrosion has   
   >>> built up on them, it can create all sorts of fizzing noises.   
   >>>   
   >>> The corrosion from alkaline batteries is hard, tenacious and incredibly   
   >>> difficult to remove if you use conventional organic solvents and   
   >>> cleaning agents.  The magic substance, which works wonders, is water: a   
   >>> slightly damp cloth or cotton-wool bud softens the corrosion and wipes   
   >>> it away.  Clean the terminals on both the battery and in the device,   
   >>> then make sure they are completely dry before putting the battery back   
   >>> in.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> No, the terminals on both the new batteries and the old ones (when i put   
   >> them back in) seem reasonably clean.   
   >   
   > The corrosion is invisible, so a clean-lookig terminal may still have a   
   > semi-insulating layer which is too hard to rub or scrape off without   
   > damaging the plating.   
   >   
   >   
   >   >And bluetooth is working.  I can   
   >> see the signal working fine on boTH sets of cells and I can even get a   
   >> remaining battery per cent reading!   
   >>   
   >> But still no sound.   
   >   
   > I thought the problem was fizzing noises, not no sound at all.   
   >   
   g   
   First everything worked for two days after changing the battery.  Then   
   one side started to give the high pitched whine. Then the sound on that   
   side died. completely.   
      
   During this perood of  testing, I noticed that the new batteries only   
   lasted an hour or so.   
      
   So I put the original batter daies back in.  The dead side is no better   
   but after 4-5 days,  the one working side went dead.   
   Mind you, - even when dead with no sound, bothbuds report power properly   
   on the bt side!   
      
   Then yesterday, the sound on the working side went dead!   
      
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