Re: OT Most likely cause of my Ebow casing degradation

[Thomas Wegmann <theweg@gmail.com>]

I had an issue with the battery lid braking and they sent me a new one
free of charge but that was many years ago.

Weg

On 1/24/12, mike@michaelplishka.com <mike@michaelplishka.com> wrote:
> I've cleaned it all up and reassembled.  Hopefully it will work .
>
> Interesting. Thanks for the update.  I'll keep an eye on the new battery.
>
> Battery leaks can indeed be a bear...
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: andy butler [mailto:akbutler@tiscali.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 12:45 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: OT Most likely cause of my Ebow casing degradation
>
> Mike,
> I doubt very much it's your fault for leaving the ebow on.
> When there's no string to activate the ebow uses very little power.
> (and ..er..I'm *always* leaving it on...it never overheats)
>
> I reckon you just got a bad battery leak...unlucky.
>
>
>
>
> andy
>
> mike@michaelplishka.com wrote:
>
>> probs, this reinforces the theory that with the switch lodged into the
> "on"
>> position, the ebow overheated and the stressed battery gave up the 
>> ghost.
>
>


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