On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Michael Orchard <mspadorchard_at_comcast.net> wrote: > Our cig pack type Cannon digital camera was in a Cannon underwater > housing... and was taken into the ocean today... by someone my 17 year old > son was with... and the housing became "about half full of water". They > took it out of the water, took the camera out, and opened the batter and > memory card compartments, and took out those items and wiped the camera > off. <snip> > I suggested that he rinse the camera off with fresh water, and evacuate of > the water as possible... perhaps three or four times, and then leave it is > a > warm but not hot place for a week or so and try to fire it up one last > time. Your advice was about as good as anyone's given the circumstances. They should not have waited an hour to get the camera into fresh water; the sooner, the quicker. Depending upon the quality of your water, you might want to use distilled water if you have it, bottled water otherwise, or water out of the faucet if you have to. The point is to dilute any salt deposited in the unit as much as possible before anything gets corroded and then slowly dry out the device. The best place to dry an electronic device (I think) is a nice spot where the sun will shine onto it for a few hours a day and the dark hours are still warm. Give it a week or two before applying power. The urge to just try it is strong, though. Try to hold out. I have had devices come back to life after a few weeks of sitting in a warm, dry place. Good luck, Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Mar 30 2008 - 22:37:43 PDT
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