Hi Peter H & Peter C The idea of the rice grains is something we should all remember well for such an occasion. We were holidaying overseas and my son-in-law accidentally went into the swimming pool with his iPhone on him!! He immediately dried the phone and then we put it in a jar and poured a packet of rice on it. This worked after about 3 days!
Great Peter H that you have been able to save your device! Cheers, Philippe dit la Grenouille ...šø On 13 Mar 2020, at 8:51 am, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: Thanks Peter and yes, and I have had similar experiences with garage remote controllers, a number of times (doh!) - my wife immediately submerges it in an empty bowl and covers it completely with dry rice grains. The hygroscopic nature of the rice will provide a drying effect to the contents of the unit (printed circuit board etc) and reduce/minimise corrosive effects of the components being wet. May still be a good idea for your item Peter but the fact it has come back to life means it is probably pretty dried out at a micro level. Not recommended as a test but recovery from accidental washing has always been successful for me. Kind Regards Peter Crisp ----- Original Message ----- From: wamug@wamug.org.au To: <wamug@wamug.org.au> Cc: Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 08:35:55 +0800 Subject: A salutary lesson I thought the following story might offer hope to those had a s similar experience, or are about toā¦ A couple of years ago I saw, in the Booragoon Apple Store, what looked a great idea: a 64Gb SanDisk Connect USB drive. The label on the box calls it a āWireless Stickā, so called because it has a built-in wireless transmitter which creates a wireless network to which other devices can connect. Itās ideal for extending the storage space of my iPad and iPhone. I measn I can keep the device in my pocket or bag and never have worry about dropping or forgetting it. Itās the perfect solution for accessing portable music, for example. Great for the gym. Last year, shortly before Christmas, I found it in the pocket of my gym shorts after taking it out of the washing machine. It was dead. No response of any kind. Not even the wireless was working. I wasnāt prepared to consign it to the bin just yet, so I kept it to one side, asnd Iāve been testing it every couple of weeks ever since. Slowly, changes stated happening. Eventually I started getting messages that I has ejected a drive without warning, similar signs of activity. A couple of days ago I gave it yet another try (it had been a couple of weeks since the previous go) and all of a sudden everything was back! the drive mounted happily, all the files were there, and even the wireless network was working. I guess the lesson from all this is that if you give your USB drive a dunking, donāt give up. Just give it about three months to dry out. Kind regards, Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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