Another rough night: Ego goes swimming in mug of coffee

[Ciego]

I have two mugs.

One holds pencils, KR808 batteries, odds n' ends.

The other of course holds coffee.

Last night while distracted, I put my Ego into a mug while I answered the phone.

Guess which mug?

I'm drying it out right now. I have a feeling it will not owrk anymore, although the button light blinked madly when I pulled it from the mug, indicating there's some life there. I did blow out the USB connection at the battery base and thoroughly dried the unit with paper towels. Thing of it is, the phone call took awhile, and the Ego had a nice, long soaky bath in Mexican Altura.

Sometimes it doesn't pay to get out of bed, y'know?

 

[markfm]

I only drink my coffee black, so wouldn't sweat it

Swab the connector with a Q-tip liberally soaked in isopropyl alcohol, to clean the contacts, let it dry a couple hours (maybe near a fan), and see if the LED will work OK when pushed.

 

[keyzygirl]

Put it in a bag of rice and let it dry out.The rice will suck the moisture out of it.Worth a try.

 

[yssiM]

I have had some good luck with letting items sit in a bag of rice. if nuttin else works try that.
Ur poor guy! (((hugs))) for u

 

[glowgirl]

When ever I buy Nori (its the seaweed wraps you can find at Safeway) I save the big moisture packs they come with. I don't know what is in them but they suck the moisture out of anything! I have rescued many a dunked cell phone with these packs and keep them around just for this. One time my cell phone sat in the pool for a full five minutes before I realized it. Nori packs saved the day....

 

[leannebug]

I feel your pain

my fav PV fell out of my trusty (notsomuch!) lanyard into the tub I was scrubbing with bleach. Surfice to say.. I could NOT suck out the battery end, and had to let it drip dry.

to be continued...

 

[Sallana]

I second the rice things, I've saved many an MP3 player using that trick.

Those eGos are pretty well sealed, you might just be okay. Let us know how it goes.

Once I dropped my iPod Touch in the fishtank, and it was funky for a couple days but it recovered well. Now it's my best friend.

 

[kj4lxw]

Dude please stay away from power tools and buzz saws.

 

[Ciego]

Dude please stay away from power tools and buzz saws.

LOL

Yeah, but I still have to tin some speaker wires. Wonder if I'll be able to handle the Weller in my current state of....er, disaster.

Trust me, I'm staying away from anything that cuts, drills or sands. Also, I decided that today would be a really horrible day to connect a new deep-cycle battery in series with my Astron power supply....

Hi hi hi

73

 

[Ciego]

Good news! Thanks to the wise advice given in this thread, the aquabatic Ego is back in service! I don't know if the battery will hold charge, but it's working great as a PT. Currently vaping some delicious Maiden Coffee from GV. Good stuff!

 

[Trish342]

So glad it came back to life for you!! Vape on

 

[classwife]

So happy ! I dropped my passthru in the sink (with water) and it is dead....had to buy another !

 

[Ardeagold]

Just don't ever drop it into salt water or it's dead forever. LOL

 

[zadane]

hmm, would a blow dryer help in this situation... so long as you didn't heat the battery up too much...

was thinking a bath in some iso 90% and a blowdryer/ rice might work too

 

[Poulside]

lol! So sorry to laugh, but I just had a similar instance!! As I was unscrewing my carto to put on a different flavor, I fumbled the whole thing and it went straight into my coffee cup. I stood there just staring at it thinking, well...I was gonna throw on a coffee flavored carto anyway, what the heck! Pulled it out, dried it off and waited a while and it worked ok. Even had a nice little boost of coffee flav!

 

[kj4lxw]

LOL

Yeah, but I still have to tin some speaker wires. Wonder if I'll be able to handle the Weller in my current state of....er, disaster.

Trust me, I'm staying away from anything that cuts, drills or sands. Also, I decided that today would be a really horrible day to connect a new deep-cycle battery in series with my Astron power supply....

Hi hi hi

73

LOL! QSL my friend. Maybe one day we can echo link.