What hope drying out a '96 key?

OK it's my fault. I admit it.

The dive club were at the swimming pool and, as I was packing up,
it occurred to me that if I ran outside with the rebreather on I could
pop it in the Rangie much more easily than put it down, change,
pick it up still rather wet and carry it out.

It worked but running about in a shortie wetsuit on a cold Brighton
evening meant I was going oh oh oh when I got back inside. So
I jumped back in the pool.

Still holding the car keys.

So they are now sitting on my bench having the battery pulled out
and have been sprayed inside with nice electrical lubricant to displace
any water but I had to play combination lock to get home....

Will they survive?
Any idea what replacements costs?
How can I be so stupid? etc....

nigelH

Nigel Hewitt wrote:

> Will they survive?
> Any idea what replacements costs?
> How can I be so stupid? etc....

If you pulled the battery out sharpish, you should be alright - just dry
them out.

Steve

steve wrote:
> Nigel Hewitt wrote:
>
>> Will they survive?
>> Any idea what replacements costs?
>> How can I be so stupid? etc....
>
> If you pulled the battery out sharpish, you should be alright - just
> dry them out.
>
> Steve

Probably too late now, but I've salvaged a mobile phone by removing the
battery, dunking the whole phone into a bucket of methylated spirits & then
blowing dry with an airline - this after someone was pushed into my salt
water swimming pool while the phone was in his pocket.

Dismantling helps, in order to get to as many components as possible with
the drying process.

An English swimming pool is probably much less corrosive so you may well
have a chance, having removed the battery quick - electrolysis does the
damage, of course.

Karen


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In article <[email protected]>, Nigel
Hewitt <[email protected]> writes
>Will they survive?
>Any idea what replacements costs?
>How can I be so stupid? etc....

Might have done more harm than good with WD40 (or whatever). Next time:

1. Take the batteries out ASAP
2. wash with copious amounts of clean water
3. dry thoroughly (on a radiator or similar) for several days
4. attempt revival with fresh batteries.

You might pick up at [2] by using a bit of cheap shampoo or photographic
wetting agent to clean off the spray (don't use washing up liquid as
it's got glycerine in it to make the plates shiny), then rinse
thoroughly.

As long as you get the traces of chlorinated water out of the switches
without allowing it to cause corrosion, it ought to come back to life.

YMMV, naturally.

Regards,

Simonm.

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> Will they survive?

I'd be surprised if you could get it going, but you never know.

> Any idea what replacements costs?

I think they are in the region of £80, main dealer order only.
Don't be conned into buying one from eBay, you can't reprogram
them to your vehicle.

> How can I be so stupid? etc...

My grandfather dunked his very expensive video camera into the
river when he fell over - he put the wrong hand down to steady
himself - saving the tripod in his other hand! He managed to
revive it mostly just by drying it with a hair dryer for several
hours.

Same trick didn't work on my mobile phone though when my wife
put it through the washing machine - TWICE!

Good luck,

Matt.

> OK it's my fault. I admit it.
>
> The dive club were at the swimming pool and, as I was packing up,
> it occurred to me that if I ran outside with the rebreather on I could
> pop it in the Rangie much more easily than put it down, change,
> pick it up still rather wet and carry it out.
>
> It worked but running about in a shortie wetsuit on a cold Brighton
> evening meant I was going oh oh oh when I got back inside. So
> I jumped back in the pool.
>
> Still holding the car keys.
>
> So they are now sitting on my bench having the battery pulled out
> and have been sprayed inside with nice electrical lubricant to displace
> any water but I had to play combination lock to get home....
>
> Will they survive?
> Any idea what replacements costs?
> How can I be so stupid? etc....

Wifey put my merc one through the washer - washed it thoroughly in distilled
water and dried it out and with a new battery it's been fine for the last 18
or so months.

Did the same with a laptop that was badly smoke damaged. Amazing really.

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:23:17 GMT, SpamTrapSeeSig wrote:

> You might pick up at [2] by using a bit of cheap shampoo or
> photographic wetting agent to clean off the spray (don't use washing up
> liquid as it's got glycerine in it to make the plates shiny),

And rather a lot of salt as a water softening agent...

But yes for things dunked, power down by removing power sources, (don't
forget backup batteries), dismantle as much as possible, wash with plenty
of clean water, dry off as much as you can, put somewhere warm (airing
cupboard or such like) for 48 hrs.

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