[Motorola] Talk About Cell Phone question

Sun, 17 Mar 2002 13:43:45 -0500 (EST)

It was in detergent of course, but I have had talking watches suffer
worst.  On my uncle's boat I had one fall off and into the water.  Well,
after a week of drying it worked like nothing happened.  I'll shake it out
right now and take tbatteries out of it.  I don't have a fan with me that
I could do this, but I will put it under the lamp here in my room.  I
think tht I may have left it on yesterday and the batteires would be
deadeanyways.  I'm just woneering if anyone else has had a similar problem
with this.  If I may ask what HTTS did you haverescue after they came out
of the wash?

On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Paul Cavnar wrote:

> In the words of Homer Simpson, "DOH!!!"   Well, it may survive, Jeff.
> I would remove the battery pack and put it in a warm, dry place with
> a fan blowing on it for a minimum of 24 hours.  You can also shake
> as much water out of it as possible.  If it went through the "wash"
> with detergent, you may have long-term trouble from corrosion even
> moreso than just plain water.  The sooner that you can shake out
> all the water, the better.  If you have a heat lamp, you might use it
> as well and that will warm up the unit better and allow the fan to
> draw out the moisture better.  Give it a good day of "drying" and you
> may save it.  I have rescued two small HT's using this same method
> in the past so, it's worth a try....
> 
> Paul - NN7B
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 10:17 AM
> Subject: [Motorola] Talk About Cell Phone question
> 
> 
> > Good afternoon everyone.  I just have discovered that I have  had a little
> miss
> >  hap with a Motorola Talk About Cell phone that I have.  It accidently
> went
> > through the wash, and right now it is just making a funny noise that it
> > stopped making a minute or so ago.  The batteries are wet, but I don't
> > know about the other  electronics of the phone.  I'm just wondering if I
> will
> > have to replace it or should I just let it dry out for a day or so
> > removing the battery  cover so that I can get some air in there.  Any
> > information would be appreciated, and thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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