De-watering mobile phones - using turps...........

[Den]

Not really the best advice:

http://video.news.com.au:80/index-p...o&ClipId=1094_288883&bitrate=300&Format=flash

 

[F Murtz]

Not really the best advice:

http://video.news.com.au:80/index-p...o&ClipId=1094_288883&bitrate=300&Format=flash

It said alcohol

 

[Den]

It said alcohol

.......and then shows a closeup of the turps bottle label. Should do a nice
job melting the placcy bits for someone who doesn't know any better. Then
again I recently found out alcohol does not always work either.

 

[Alan Rutlidge]

......and then shows a closeup of the turps bottle label. Should do a nice
job melting the placcy bits for someone who doesn't know any better. Then
again I recently found out alcohol does not always work either.

Hey, I've accidentally dropped my mobile phone into the drink.
Pulled it out immediately and removed the battery, then followed by the SIM
card followed by a darn good shaking to dislodge as much of the water as
possible.
Dried it off as best as I could with paper towel, then when I got home I
placed it near the air-conditioner.

No doubt using isopropyl alcohol would have absorbed the water and sped up
the evaporation process.
Three years down the track and the phone is still working perfectly.
Certainly I feel that if I hadn't removed the battery immediately, the phone
probably would have failed due to electrolysis eating away the components
and the circuit board.

Cheers,
Alan

 

[Den]

Hey, I've accidentally dropped my mobile phone into the drink.
Pulled it out immediately and removed the battery, then followed by the
SIM card followed by a darn good shaking to dislodge as much of the water
as possible.
Dried it off as best as I could with paper towel, then when I got home I
placed it near the air-conditioner.

No doubt using isopropyl alcohol would have absorbed the water and sped up
the evaporation process.
Three years down the track and the phone is still working perfectly.
Certainly I feel that if I hadn't removed the battery immediately, the
phone probably would have failed due to electrolysis eating away the
components and the circuit board.

Cheers,
Alan

IPA has saved me a few times too. The last one went into a tub of hot dirty
engine oil - no amount of cleaning fixed that one. Like you say getting the
battery out quick seems to help.

 

[Davo]

Hey, I've accidentally dropped my mobile phone into the drink.
Pulled it out immediately and removed the battery, then followed by the SIM
card followed by a darn good shaking to dislodge as much of the water as
possible.
Dried it off as best as I could with paper towel, then when I got home I
placed it near the air-conditioner.

No doubt using isopropyl alcohol would have absorbed the water and sped up
the evaporation process.
Three years down the track and the phone is still working perfectly.
Certainly I feel that if I hadn't removed the battery immediately, the phone
probably would have failed due to electrolysis eating away the components
and the circuit board.

Cheers,
Alan

I once threw my clothes in the washing machine without noticing the
phone was in the pocket of a jersey. It did a full wash cycle, including
spin dry. After I discovered it, I removed the battery, rinsed it in
fresh water and let it dry for 24 hours. It's worked for the last 5
years or so and is still working.