Ooooops...

[wafflycat]

I have a feeling that I am about to discover that Sky handset + washing machine on synthetics at 40C is not a good combination...

Now, how can I pin the blame on the cats or the hens?????

Nah, I'll own up!

 

[Mr Pig]

Dry it out, it might be ok.

 

[Spinney]

Kayaking, practiced capsize, realised when back at the car that electronic key + salt water is not a good combination.

Took battery out, washed battery and key in clean water, dried it out, it worked fine.

Might be worth giving it a rinse in tap water before drying out in case the rinse and spin part of the cycle doesn't get all the soap out!

 

[wafflycat]

It's in the airing cupboard, in the warm, drying out gently...

 

[Jane Smart]

Nip to currys or comet ( or a supermarket for that matter ) and buy a new one

 

[JiMBR]

yep...there's a good chance it'll work after a rinse and a thorough drying out.

I used to do that with PC keyboards where I used to work, and they were fine most of the time.

 

[Spinney]

I used to do that with PC keyboards where I used to work, and they were fine most of the time.

You mean after they had been used as a coffee filter??

 

[JiMBR]

You mean after they had been used as a coffee filter??

Got it in one.

 

[numbnuts]

my bike computer been through the washing machine, still worked

 

[Archie_tect]

my bike computer been through the washing machine, still worked

....that's something to be happy about!

 

[Kirstie]

My ipod went through once and thoroughly died

 

[wafflycat]

ah well... it's only partially working... new remote control required!!

 

[beanzontoast]

ah well... it's only partially working... new remote control required!!

If you have such an old-fashioned thing as an airing cupboard (like us) you might give it a bit longer. Really drying out takes time. Ask my bike shoes, which emerge lovely and cosy the next morning .

 

[Mr Pig]

Poured a glass of diluting orange onto my son's laptop! Took it apart, dried it out, fine. My last mobile was immersed in water twice, once for ten minutes, and survived both.

 

[User482]

My mobile survived a couple of soakings - I made sure it got a complete drying on the radiator before putting the battery back in. The third soaking killed it off. It was at that point I decided to invest in waterproof panniers.