I really do appreciate all your input and advice, and I've tried to make it a point not to make any claims that I'm a seasoned microphone engineer. These little omni's are nothing more than one of my DIY mics that happens to sound nice and that people seemed to really connect with and enjoy, hence the website to handle the orders.
I feel that my quoted statement is true however, and without getting into an argument, viewing both the schems for the balanced circuits pin 1 and either 2 or 3 are connected to the same terminal on the element. That's all I was saying and I feel you were reading to deep into the statement.
Furthermore I think you're missing the big picture, IT LOOKS LIKE A SHOTGUN SHELL. If what you say is true (not seeing my actual circuit), and my mic kills batteries in 6 hours then I suppose they shouldn't be a go-to for location recording, which I'm positive isn't the reason people are buying them. They're a novelty that happen to sound really nice on certain things. I've had numerous orders from people stating that they're making them permanent talkback/room mics because of their sound and appearance.
Anyway, thanks for all the criticism and I look forward to using you're advice to better my future endeavors. Concerning "withdrawing my product" I'll have to respectfully decline. I've sold over 100 of the RED12 mics with 0 complaints, concerns, or issues.
Thanks again,
Brad Martin