[at-l] Re: Wet Electronics.

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

Two more double uses for a gear items: alcohol, diluted to 50%, and socks 
as a centrifugal drier. I like the idea and I might have helped. I did take 
all of the covers I could remove off and tried shaking them as dry as 
possible. The phone was off, but the amount of water caused the battery and 
else to be shorted. By the time I got back home to Cingular office, the 
phone circuits were quite corroded and useless.

There should have been two ounces of prevention: Ziplock & written phone 
numbers. I thought it was simply blind justice getting me for having a cell 
phone on the trail.

OrangeBug

At 10:24 AM 5/14/2002 -0500, Shane Steinkamp wrote:
>If you don't have alcohol, still sling the phone in a sock and twirl it
>around and around.  Wash the unit out with alcohol at the earliest
>convenience.  MAKE SURE IT'S OFF when you do this.  You can also buy an
>electronics cleaner from electronic supply houses, but straight Isopropyl
>will work fine.
>
>Of course, the other lesson is to have a paper back-up of your important
>numbers.