PM3 water damage

dctsmith · Post by **dctsmith** » December 28th, 2007, 4:12 am

Hi all,

Yes....I'm an idiot. The other night I forgot to put my model d away properly and it rained heavily. It was on its end and this exposed the PM3 to the rain via the logcard port. With the benefit of hindsight I should have pulled it apart and tried to dry it that morning. I've saved a couple of cellphones that have been submerged.

It is a complete no go. I've pulled it apart and I can see some corrosion around various areas.

Is there anything I can do. I'm considering rubbing it down with isopropyl alcohol!

Otherwise it looks like I'm splashing out for a PM4

Cheers

Duncan

c2jonw · Post by **c2jonw** » December 28th, 2007, 12:46 pm

Duncan, You should be able to save it. Here are the disassembly instructions: http://www.concept2.com/us/support/manu ... sembly.pdf
Take it apart and let it air dry out. Isopropyl on any corrosion would be worth a try. Also make sure the ribbon cable connector to the lcd is dry. Replace the batteries if it's still not working. C2JonW

dctsmith · Post by **dctsmith** » December 28th, 2007, 10:17 pm

Going again, phew!

Corrosion came of well with isopropyl, put it back together and away it went.

Citroen · Post by **Citroen** » December 29th, 2007, 9:27 am

dctsmith wrote:Going again, phew!

Just goes to prove that ergs won't float (and if they did you'd want to take the monitor off first).

Nosmo · Post by **Nosmo** » December 29th, 2007, 11:15 am

My club has an erg that somehow managed to fall off the dock into the salt water lake. Some how I don't think alcohol will fix the PM3!

It has a sign on it that says "bad erg!" It should say "bad erger!"

c2jonw · Post by **c2jonw** » December 31st, 2007, 10:27 am

Nosmo- If the dunked monitor had been immediately flushed with clean water, then disassembled and dried it would probably be salvagable. It might still be worth a try. I'd go with light aplication of WD40 and gentle scrubbing with a soft toothbrush to any salt or corrosion found inside and on the circuit board. Reclean with alcohol, reassemble, replace the batteries and cross your fingers....C2JonW

Nosmo · Post by **Nosmo** » January 2nd, 2008, 4:08 pm

c2jonw wrote:Nosmo- If the dunked monitor had been immediately flushed with clean water, then disassembled and dried it would probably be salvagable. It might still be worth a try. I'd go with light aplication of WD40 and gentle scrubbing with a soft toothbrush to any salt or corrosion found inside and on the circuit board. Reclean with alcohol, reassemble, replace the batteries and cross your fingers....C2JonW

Yes I will try that. Unfortunately the sign was on it for months before I found out what happened. I'm not optimistic.

Ron · Post by **Ron** » January 3rd, 2008, 3:09 am

I do not know if this would apply to a PM3/4 but they say that if your cell phone falls into water that you should submerge the phone in RICE (which is a dessicant....absorbs water). I would imagine that you would leave it for a long while (days). Not sure if this is a meaningful suggestion or not, but I just thought I'd mention it.