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These Desiccant packs can be purchased 20 different ways in 20 different sizes.....

   I  normally keep big ones in the Van  (BIG)  and smaller ones all over my kit... in Radio mic storage, mic storage and equip. cases....   You then pull them out and dry in the oven for a few hours to re charge them...  

Amazon has them 20 ways....

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Depends on several issues

 

Remove batteries quickly

 

Take the unit apart and deal with the electronics:

 

If river/lake water I would immerse in clean water then spray with iso propyl or WD 40 etc and allow to dry in a warm place

 

If salt water immediately immerse in clean water, aggitate then hope that iso p or WD 40 will drive off the remmnants

 

Often salt water will destroy circuits boards quickly

 

I have a brand new Lectro waterproof tx that on it's first outing (on a rental) was filled with salt water and sent

back to me some time later with water still floating in it;s display - history!

 

mike

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Depends on several issues

 

Remove batteries quickly

 

Take the unit apart and deal with the electronics:

 

If river/lake water I would immerse in clean water then spray with iso propyl or WD 40 etc and allow to dry in a warm place

 

If salt water immediately immerse in clean water, aggitate then hope that iso p or WD 40 will drive off the remmnants

 

Often salt water will destroy circuits boards quickly

 

I have a brand new Lectro waterproof tx that on it's first outing (on a rental) was filled with salt water and sent

back to me some time later with water still floating in it;s display - history!

 

mike

Hi Mike,

How did that happen? Or did any one fess up?

Best Regards,

Larry F

Lectro

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  • 2 weeks later...

I shot once in the jungle using my mk41. Needless to say by the end of the day it was fuzzy. I took a cardboard box and filled it with rice, then plugged in a 100 watt bulb and hung it over the box about 10 inches, stuck in a closet and left it there until the next day. It worked. The rice absorbed the moisture. Every couple of days I changed the rice. If only i'd bought beans to go with the rice. ;).

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Well, a couple weeks ago talent dropped one of my Zaxcom LANC Txs in the potty. Thanks, dude.

 

I removed the batteries, laid it out for the rest of the shot and then left it for dead in my backpack. The next day I ordered a new LA2.

 

Today, I was looking for something else, came across it and popped in some new AAs. Fired right up. 

 

Surprise!

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Well, a couple weeks ago talent dropped one of my Zaxcom LANC Txs in the potty. Thanks, dude.

 

I removed the batteries, laid it out for the rest of the shot and then left it for dead in my backpack. The next day I ordered a new LA2.

 

Today, I was looking for something else, came across it and popped in some new AAs. Fired right up. 

 

Surprise!

Don't get too excited.  That unit will fail.  If not now, then months down the road. Corrosion will be the killer. Don't cut the production a break by not billing them for a new unit because you're trying to be a nice guy because suddenly the tx works (for now).

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Not necessarily if the water was "fresh" or not too polluted and for sure not salt water.  Years ago one of the Casio DA7 DAT recorders that I beat up all around the world got caught (along with me) exposed in not only a downpour but one of those dreaded "unloads" that pop-ups can do with rain water.  Display went nuts, then dead.  I figured I'd gotten my money's worth, set it aside and fired up the back up machine.  The Dead DAT sat on a shelf @ my shop for months.  One day, in the shop and a little bored, I connected a battery and that DA7 returned from the dead, and proceeded to work just fine until I gave it away 2 yrs later.  Lucky, yes, but remember that his thing was not only practically under a waterfall for a moment, it was one of God's Own Patience Tests For Soundies--a DAT machine (never ultra reliable under ideal conditions).   BUT do bill them and send your unit in to the mfr, (and get them to pay for a rental replacement until yours comes back).

 

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Oh, I billed for it. It was dead on set. The PO was attached to my invoice.

 

Going to send it back to Zaxcom for a makeover.

 

FWIW I once had a Canon autofocus L zoom lens drop in the ocean. Put it aside for a year and then randomly onto a camera body - it was gritty but it worked. Sent it to Canon for a cleaning and it was good as new. Still use it, in fact!

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