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Originally Posted by Styrak
It would be best. You remember all those (I think?) EL-001 or EL-003 parts that always crapped out? They're PCB boards right? Probably ESD 50% of the time or more.
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Not always unfortunately. I suspect that some EL-003 switch modules might be getting cooked when users fire their PTWs on a low battery. The EL-003 switch module is a bank of MOSFETs which can act as a resistor if they do not receive a full "on" signal. When this occurs they can end up dissapating a lot of heat and burn out.
If your PTW starts to slow down, do not continue to fire until the battery is kaput. You could be heating up your FET bank. Unfortunately I haven't had the time to confirm this with direct measurement. It's just a reasonable conjecture at this point.