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Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 |
Eric worked on a satellite once that got rained on. Somebody forgot to close a dome door. Anyway, it turns out electronics can be "washed". Just don't turn them on until they are dry. The satellite worked fine once it was completely dried. Or other additives in the water. A few years back I rented about $100K worth of high speed camera and associated electronics, and had just opened the shipping crate when some genius cut the wrong wire while working on the building electrical system and set off the foam sprinkler right above the open crate. The guys we rented it from were very understanding - I would have been looking for somebody to shoot. They came out, carefully dried it all, then declared it all ruined, and shipped us another set the next day. They did ask us, very politely, to be careful with the second set. |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
Eric worked on a satellite once that got rained on. Somebody forgot to close a dome door. Anyway, it turns out electronics can be "washed". Just don't turn them on until they are dry. The satellite worked fine once it was completely dried. Back when I was on the boats, I had the entire control cabinet for an R-114 air conditioning turbo-compressor flooded with seawater. Fortunately, that unit was on stand-by, so it didn't go up in smoke. Took everything apart, rinsed it with D/I water, dried it out, put it back together (6 hours later), and it worked fine. Just glad we were up in the north Pacific, and not down south in warmer waters..... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2474 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
Amazing stories! The law of averages should have seen a lot more cell-phones dropped into beer! I guess I've escaped, due to forgetting to clip mine onto my belt, before heading out. |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2474 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
ps, Mine is an old, Samsung, flip-top, w/Sprint service. OK, but the reception can be spotty, out in the countryside. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
My cell phone is the first one I ever bought. It still does a great job of being a phone...... |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65757 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Samsung phones are great, I've used nothing else... Mine is still a flip phone, no internet or such, but a 1.7" screen is worthless there... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Jim Martin Send message Joined: 21 Jun 03 Posts: 2474 Credit: 646,848 RAC: 0 |
I have internet access -- if I want to pay for it. :oD |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20307 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
Have a 4GS and I'm posting this on it. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I have a Samsung Note 2. It's a couple years old now and still working fine, much better than my previous one. It has one small scratch on the screen, but it's no big deal. As for dropping phones in toilets, ick. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65757 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Phone's not dead. Computer is at times, I get a warning from AVG to remove some malware after reboot. Try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Julie, that will get rid of whatever is there once updated. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34831 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
My dumb phone is usually dead until I'm going out in the car somewhere and then I charge it back up again. :-D Cheers. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20307 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
@Chris I'm sending a big "Bronx Cheer" your way. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I have a Samsung Note 2. It's a couple years old now and still working fine, much better than my previous one. It has one small scratch on the screen, but it's no big deal. Well, it seems this phone may suffer a premature death. It fell off my bedside table and bent the connector on its cord. Apparently, it also caused some damage to the connector inside the phone, because now it only charges from my car cord and one plug-in charger. If they stop working, I may have to replace the phone. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
So.... if I had an old style phone, and the lines are still in,....... I could still use the lines if I hook a phone up to them? |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
So.... if I had an old style phone, and the lines are Is there still active service on the line? When I shut off my landline, I thought there would still be a dial tone so I could call 911 if necessary. There wasn't, even though my U-Verse is still coming in on those wires. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
There is no dial tone.... |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I'll never give up my landline. I love my analogue anachronism. :~) The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34831 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I'll never give up my landline. I love my analogue anachronism. :~) The same here Gordon. ;-) Cheers. |
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