SAVE WET ELECTRONICS WITH RICE

SAVE WET ELECTRONICS WITH RICE

if your camera, cell phone, or other device accidentally gets wet when
you are traveling (or at home), try the following tricks to save wet
electronics:

** 1. Do NOT turn it on if it is wet. Remove the battery and memory
card and leave all the doors and covers on the device open so it can
dry.

** 2. Vacuum it out. If you try drying the device with a fan or a blow
dryer, you risk pushing moisture deeper onto the circuitry. This could
cause a short. Instead, pull moisture away from the device with a
vacuum.

** 3. Bury it in dry rice. Rice absorbs moisture from nearby objects.
If your camera gets wet, drop it into a container of rice and let it
sit for a day. The rice will help pull the moisture out.

** 4. Power it back up. After your camera or phone spends a full day
submerged in rice, reinsert the battery and cards, and turn it on. If
it does not work, call the manufacturer. Do not try to hide the fact
that it got wet. There are internal indicators in most devices that
show water damage.