When Electronic Accidents Happen
It can happen to us all - in one moment you are talking on mobile phones, look up something in your PDA or netbooken, or select the song on mp3 player and the next moment you look surprised down on your widget, where you lost it in the taps, the toilet, in a PLASH or something even more wet.
Water is electronics worst enemy, so if this happens to you, you have to act quickly - you can save your precious machine, maybe even without living it in. The absolute first to mind are:
1) Try not turn on the device (turn it off if it miraculously if it is still switched on).
2) Remove the battery immediately!
The reason for this is, of course, that water is the leader, the electricity speeds on water ions and the damage of it can be much higher. Clean water in itself is not so bad if it is removed quickly.
Then open every part as much as possible. Remove shutters, unscrew the lid, remove cover, remove the detachable part and so on. What can be done depends of course on what it is for anything you managed to get wet.
Clean, if possible with a suitable alcohol, where you can access. T-Spirit, medical alcohol, isopropanol or something similar works well. At least 80 percent, it should be - ordinary portable alcohol contains too much water.
Leave the unit open on a warm (not hot) and dry place and let it dry really long, and then some more. Do you have access to air pump, it may be an effective method to quickly remove moisture, but be careful not to destroy something instead. Other tips are to use the vacuum cleaner or to put the entire wet product in a bowl of rice. Rice is enormously good at attracting moisture.
When you are absolutely sure that the whole of the interior is completely dry, put everything back and finish with putting the battery on. Try turning it on. It is very possible that everything now works as it should. Then you can just try to be more careful in future.. Otherwise, it is unfortunately a service visit that helps.
If you are using clean fresh water can the electronics often do surprisingly well, especially if it was not switched on. It is just to be quick with the rescue measures.
As soon as the water contains other, as salt, sugar, chemicals, dirt, or something even worse, the problem is greater. There are more ions of harmful types to boost and substances in itself may be directly harmful to certain materials in electronics. The importance of rapid cleaning becomes even greater. The sooner you get away moisture and contaminants, the greater chance to save your gadget.
If you do not have access to an appropriate detergent, it may even be an idea to use clean fresh water to get rid of contaminated water or other liquids. An absolute emergency if no other possibilities exist may also be adding the entire unit in the freezer until you are able to take care of it in a better way. Some electronics do not like minus degrees, but the measure may temporarily stop the oxidation due to the liquid.
If it becomes necessary to service, is a basic rule to not pay more than 60 percent of what the product would cost new (not what you paid for it, but what you would have to give today).
Water is electronics worst enemy, so if this happens to you, you have to act quickly - you can save your precious machine, maybe even without living it in. The absolute first to mind are:
1) Try not turn on the device (turn it off if it miraculously if it is still switched on).
2) Remove the battery immediately!
The reason for this is, of course, that water is the leader, the electricity speeds on water ions and the damage of it can be much higher. Clean water in itself is not so bad if it is removed quickly.
Then open every part as much as possible. Remove shutters, unscrew the lid, remove cover, remove the detachable part and so on. What can be done depends of course on what it is for anything you managed to get wet.
Clean, if possible with a suitable alcohol, where you can access. T-Spirit, medical alcohol, isopropanol or something similar works well. At least 80 percent, it should be - ordinary portable alcohol contains too much water.
Leave the unit open on a warm (not hot) and dry place and let it dry really long, and then some more. Do you have access to air pump, it may be an effective method to quickly remove moisture, but be careful not to destroy something instead. Other tips are to use the vacuum cleaner or to put the entire wet product in a bowl of rice. Rice is enormously good at attracting moisture.
When you are absolutely sure that the whole of the interior is completely dry, put everything back and finish with putting the battery on. Try turning it on. It is very possible that everything now works as it should. Then you can just try to be more careful in future.. Otherwise, it is unfortunately a service visit that helps.
If you are using clean fresh water can the electronics often do surprisingly well, especially if it was not switched on. It is just to be quick with the rescue measures.
As soon as the water contains other, as salt, sugar, chemicals, dirt, or something even worse, the problem is greater. There are more ions of harmful types to boost and substances in itself may be directly harmful to certain materials in electronics. The importance of rapid cleaning becomes even greater. The sooner you get away moisture and contaminants, the greater chance to save your gadget.
If you do not have access to an appropriate detergent, it may even be an idea to use clean fresh water to get rid of contaminated water or other liquids. An absolute emergency if no other possibilities exist may also be adding the entire unit in the freezer until you are able to take care of it in a better way. Some electronics do not like minus degrees, but the measure may temporarily stop the oxidation due to the liquid.
If it becomes necessary to service, is a basic rule to not pay more than 60 percent of what the product would cost new (not what you paid for it, but what you would have to give today).
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