From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid   
      
   Amanda Ripanykhazov  wrote:   
      
   > 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!   
      
   That definitely sounds as though they are failing and the fault might   
   not have been the battery after all.   
      
      
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