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   ehsjr to Amanda Ripanykhazov   
   Re: easy earbud battery replacement   
   16 Sep 25 20:56:57   
   
   From: ehsjr@verizon.net   
      
   On 9/16/2025 10:17 AM, Amanda Ripanykhazov wrote:   
   >   yesterday, the sound on the working side went dead!   
   >>   
   >> Could be earwax buildup in the buds.  Builds up slowly over months at   
   >> roughly the same - but not _identical_ - rate in each side. That seems   
   >> to match your symptoms with the original batteries: first one dies,   
   >> then after some indeterminate elapsed time the other dies with no   
   >> sound but batteries measure good.   
   >>   
   >> Ed   
   >   
   >   
   >   I'm A bit unclear on how wax buildup on some external surface could in   
   > any way influence the internal electronics?   
      
   Nothing to do with the electronics. The wax blocks the small   
   hole in the earbud where the sound comes out.   
      
   Ed   
      
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