OT Most likely cause of my Ebow casing degradation

[<mike@michaelplishka.com>]

Without purposely destroying my ebow casing, but by doing some detective
work, it definitely looks like it was a combination of heat and/or some
battery exudate. There is a line where the plastic is 'cut through'
perpendicular to the seam on the ebow that lines up perfectly with top of
the foam in the battery compartment (which is the bottom of the battery),
and a rust colored stain in the foam.  From that point it looks like
something leaked in two directions along the seam, eating it away.  Given
the fact that many other folks here have left batteries in and not had
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.

Lesson: Protect your ebow switches from accidental 'turn-ons'


Thanks for all the input!!


Peace~

Mike



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