Does rain kill electric stuff?

[TW]Fox · 6 Aug 2008 at 18:44

I left my garage door remote outside. It then rained more than its ever rained ever before. It now doesn't work.

Is there some sort of way of rescuing electrical devices from the rain? :/

Ben M · 6 Aug 2008 at 18:44

dry it out, slowly. that's your only hope.

Greenlizard0 · 6 Aug 2008 at 18:45

If it doesn't work then it's possibly dead. Also with things like remote controls chances are it's messed up the battery - so you might need to just replace it.

If it doesn't have moving parts - then try sticking it in the airing cupboard for a bit and seeing if that works.

Tom0 · 6 Aug 2008 at 18:45

Put it in the Airing cupboard, its how I dry my phone out when it rains.

Burnsy2023 · 6 Aug 2008 at 18:45

It'll most likely be some sort of electrical conductive deposit shorting some contacts from the water evaporating. Open it up and see if there's anything obvious.

Burnsy

[TW]Fox · 6 Aug 2008 at 18:46

I've taken it to bits and put it in the airing cupboard. The light comes on but... it doesnt open the door. Which suggests it isnt the battery its something else

Glaucus · 6 Aug 2008 at 18:52

if you took the battery out, it might of lost the code. if it's anything like a car remote.

[TW]Fox · 6 Aug 2008 at 18:54

I've taken the battery out now but when I was testing it the battery was still in. Red light came on but.. nothing else happened.

Uh oh.

Greenlizard0 · 6 Aug 2008 at 18:54

[TW]Fox;12232109 said:
I've taken it to bits and put it in the airing cupboard. The light comes on but... it doesnt open the door. Which suggests it isnt the battery its something else

Do you still have the garage door? Nobody steal it during the night?

Glaucus · 6 Aug 2008 at 18:56

read the manual and see if it can lose it's code and se if it tells you how to put it back in.

Or it could have shorted some component and fried it.

[TW]Fox · 6 Aug 2008 at 19:02

The manual? lol

Glaucus · 6 Aug 2008 at 19:06

[TW]Fox;12232222 said:
The manual? lol

search online for a downloadable manual?

Or just buy a new one.

[TW]Fox · 6 Aug 2008 at 19:07

I think the company that made it went bust years ago

Glaucus · 6 Aug 2008 at 19:08

[TW]Fox;12232268 said:
I think the company that made it went bust years ago

AcidHell2 said:
Or just buy a new one.

MikeHunt79 · 6 Aug 2008 at 19:09

If all else fails, try and get some pure water with no minerals in. Wash the remote, hopefully it should wash away the conductive bits left by the rain....

Leave to dry, then try again...

semi-pro waster · 6 Aug 2008 at 19:10

You jest? This is some satire on the inanity of the questions being asked in GD all too frequently, surely?

Biohazard · 6 Aug 2008 at 19:10

De-ionised water.

Ben M · 6 Aug 2008 at 19:10

MikeHunt79 said:
If all else fails, try and get some pure water with no minerals in. Wash the remote, hopefully it should wash away the conductive bits left by the rain....

^ except pure water is conductive.

[TW]Fox · 6 Aug 2008 at 19:12

semi-pro waster said:
You jest? This is some satire on the inanity of the questions being asked in GD all too frequently, surely?

If people are now permitted to ask GD which sandwich filling is best then I can ask the worldly wise for advice on water damaged electricals. I'm not an expert on water damaged electronics but who knows, someone on here might be.

MikeHunt79 · 6 Aug 2008 at 19:15

Biohazard said:
De-ionised water.

That's the one.

Ben M said:
^ except pure water is conductive.

It isn't afaik, they use it on black box recorders that they find in the sea apparently...