Maverick O ring seal...didn't
- Thread starter Don Irish
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Shawn W
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Don Irish:
Had a downpour and I left the Maverick sender unit outside DUH......Opened up the battery compartment and it is full of water, dried it off, new batteries and it is dead...any ideas on how to fix? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Ugh, bummer. Mine has never let water in, sorry to hear it.
Just wondering, was it face up or face down, was it sitting in a pool?
Was the lid on correctly?
When you opened it was the seal positioned correctly?
I have successfully rescued watered electronics before. It doesn't always work but it might for ya. First off, remove the batteries and do not attempt to turn it on.
Get it apart ASAP. Be careful prying the case open. I haven't taken it apart but the receiver was held together by some glue.
Remove the circuit board. Get everything else lifted up, looked under. Use bits of paper towel to pick up water. Use a hair dryer on warm (not hot) and give it a good air dry.
Let it sit open on the counter another couple of days. Put it back together and try it.
I understand WD-40 was made to dry out circuit boards, I've not tried it but that might be an alternative.
Had a downpour and I left the Maverick sender unit outside DUH......Opened up the battery compartment and it is full of water, dried it off, new batteries and it is dead...any ideas on how to fix? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Ugh, bummer. Mine has never let water in, sorry to hear it.
Just wondering, was it face up or face down, was it sitting in a pool?
Was the lid on correctly?
When you opened it was the seal positioned correctly?
I have successfully rescued watered electronics before. It doesn't always work but it might for ya. First off, remove the batteries and do not attempt to turn it on.
Get it apart ASAP. Be careful prying the case open. I haven't taken it apart but the receiver was held together by some glue.
Remove the circuit board. Get everything else lifted up, looked under. Use bits of paper towel to pick up water. Use a hair dryer on warm (not hot) and give it a good air dry.
Let it sit open on the counter another couple of days. Put it back together and try it.
I understand WD-40 was made to dry out circuit boards, I've not tried it but that might be an alternative.
It was sitting out all week on a shelf of the gasser, so really was not in a puddle so to speak (I forgot I never brought it in). Opened it up, the gasket was slightly out of place. Some water (1/2 tsp or so) was inside with the circuit board. Got is open and air drying and I'll give it a try tomorrow. I wonder if I can just buy the sender unit? Doing ribs today, funny how I've have become used to this thing...now have to go outside to check.
Don, DON”T give it a try tomorrow. Wait for several weeks at minimum. I was an electronics technician (back in the days of wires and tubes) when I was in the Navy.. When the Radiomen dropped a radio in the salt water, we would rinse them by submersing several times in fresh water to remove the salt, then let them dry our for a month and then fire them up and they usually worked. The problem is when you turn it on wet, the water can bridge small gaps and fry the circuits. This year I dropped a digital camera in a lake while kayaking, took the batteries out, let it dry for a month and it fired right up. Of coarse, I had to get a new one (waterproof) before firing up the old one, so The Bride got a new (to her) camera.
LarryR
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Sorry to hear this, I have the opposite problem; several weeks ago we had Ed C. and his wife over for a bbq, lets just say a little bit to drink and ever since I've been unable to find the remote to my ET-73. I have no idea what I've done with it. I fear in what was the "blur" of that evening I may have wrapped it up in foil and throw it away. Doh!!!
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Dick B:
Don
With my past experiences with the Maverick 73, the rain gods did you a favor.
Dick B </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I've had good experience with it overall...had to return the first (Amazon was really good with that), but it has been a trooper for a couple of years. I just pulled what we call a "Dufus Alert" and forgot to bring it in. I never figured it was absolutely weather proof, but I think that it is a decent unit for the price I paid (~ $30 on sale).
Don
With my past experiences with the Maverick 73, the rain gods did you a favor.
Dick B </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I've had good experience with it overall...had to return the first (Amazon was really good with that), but it has been a trooper for a couple of years. I just pulled what we call a "Dufus Alert" and forgot to bring it in. I never figured it was absolutely weather proof, but I think that it is a decent unit for the price I paid (~ $30 on sale).