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lenray

08-16-2004 11:48:31




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We were fishing a remote lake in northern Ontario with friends portaged to another lake and 4 in a small boat was filming a catch when the wife fell overboard and the boat took on water camer fell in water not working--need help. It is a Sony Digital Video camrecorder. We dried it out the best we could was wondering if the batteries can take any water




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peterside nody ockolo

09-18-2004 10:12:48




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to lenray, 08-16-2004 11:48:31  
i am a singel man of 38years, looking for a beautiful but honest lady as a wife between the age of 20-30years. intrested person should contact me through the above address.



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buickanddeere

08-16-2004 13:54:29




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to lenray, 08-16-2004 11:48:31  
When hunting & fishing we carry the radios in premium grade zip-lock bags. Can still see & talk through the plastic. I assume you ran into some monster walleyes that tipped your boat?



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Jim WI

08-24-2004 11:33:05




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to buickanddeere, 08-16-2004 13:54:29  
My sister has a large projection TV that they got for free. Someone was selling it at a rummage sale. It was sitting outside over a sewer grate. A large unexpected downpour caused the sewer to flood the inside of the TV. The took it off the seller"s hands for free and left it dry for a LONG time (longer than needed, really). Turned it on and it worked fine.

I"d expect the camera to work after it"s dried out (assuming the water didn"t penetrate the bearings in the tape transport). By now, it"s probably too late to use alcohol anyway but I"d be a little leary of using alcohol to dry a camera because of the moving parts.

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Ol Chief

08-16-2004 18:59:46




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to buickanddeere, 08-16-2004 13:54:29  
I am probably to late with this suggestion to be of help but may at least help someone reading this post in future.ASAP rinse with clean water, ( distilled )if possible.Get the batteries out and put it in alcohol.The alki. will push out all of the water and can be dried in much less time with a minimum of heat and less damage. My Dad was a watchmaker, we lived near a salt water river and he had so many customers with wet time pieces ( watches ), that he posted the above data in a local paper.Sure enough it saved a lot of problems if done quickly .

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tech4

08-16-2004 12:24:35




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to lenray, 08-16-2004 11:48:31  
I have recovered many pieces of electronic equipment that got dunked. As someone said be sure and remove batteries including memory battery if your camera has one. If this was relatively clean clear fresh water then a re-dunk will not be necessary. Place unit in hot direct sunlight or oven set very low no more than 100 degrees over a 10 to 24 hour peroid. Be sure and open as many access panels or doors possible to allow water to drain out. Do not re apply power until you are sure unit is dry. An alternate source of low heat is to place under a 100 watt light bulb overnight and try to rotate sides as much as possible. Chances are if you got power off right away and unit dried that it will work fine.

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BB

08-17-2004 10:27:26




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to tech4, 08-16-2004 12:24:35  
I would not suggest the oven unless you adequatly shield it from the heating element. Even though the oven may be set to 100F, when the element is on, the radiant heat will be MUCH greater than that.



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tech4

08-17-2004 10:46:33




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to BB, 08-17-2004 10:27:26  
I probably have heated over one hundred pieces of equipment circuit boards and such after I washed them with distilled water and I have never had a problem with oven but I guess there is a chance of a problem.



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MAC,IL

08-16-2004 12:23:36




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to lenray, 08-16-2004 11:48:31  
salvaged a digital cell phone by laying it out in indirect sunlite for a couple days. Try that you wont lose nothing. In 3 days if it dont work. Sell it to a guy you dont like with no guaranteeeee.



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George

08-16-2004 12:08:16




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to lenray, 08-16-2004 11:48:31  
What about the wife? You retrieved the camera and left her in the water?



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RB in MI

08-17-2004 18:27:27




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to George, 08-16-2004 12:08:16  
LMAO....!!!



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Mike (WA)

08-16-2004 12:19:35




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to George, 08-16-2004 12:08:16  
That was my question- it almost sounded like the old joke want-ad- "Want to meet woman with boat- send picture of boat".



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DL

08-16-2004 18:15:28




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to Mike (WA), 08-16-2004 12:19:35  
If she had been thinking, she wouldn't have let the camera get wet in the first place!!! Could've avoided this whole mess!



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Jim WI

08-24-2004 11:26:37




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 Re: OT--Cousin's hands sticking out of water in reply to DL, 08-16-2004 18:15:28  
Reminds me of my cousin falling in the river during deer hunting season.

  1. First he slipped off the log and landed on his knees.

  2. Next, he overbalanced and sat down.

  3. Finally, he ended up laying down.

The only parts that didn"t get wet were his hands (which were holding his shotgun).



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Bob

08-16-2004 11:59:12




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to lenray, 08-16-2004 11:48:31  
The only hope of saving ANY wet electronic stuff is to recover it ASAP, and remove the power source (batteries) and completely and thoroughly dry it out before applying power to it again.

The water, combined with electricity, destroys the little foils (circuit paths) on the PC boards more or less like electroplating in reverse.

With a camcorder, you would have a lot of little bearings in the mechanical part that would probably not survice a dunking, either!

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PKurilecz

08-16-2004 11:53:37




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 Re: OT--WIFE OVERBOARD in reply to lenray, 08-16-2004 11:48:31  
The electronics in it will probably be shorted out.

You now have a high $ doorstop :-(



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