Thread: Wet Rangefinder

Hey guys I managed to get my rangefinder wet last night. Any ideas how to dry the condensation on the lens?

At the moment it is on the window sill.

Where's the trip report?
And put it in the hot water cupboard.


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Originally Posted by BRADS

Where's the trip report?
And put it in the hot water cupboard.


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I,m working on it. Bloody headlamp drowned too. Went to use it this morning and it won't turn off,so have to remove batterys.

Originally Posted by BRADS

Where's the trip report?
And put it in the hot water cupboard.


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In a bowl of uncooked rice and take battery out

Originally Posted by Dundee

I,m working on it. Bloody headlamp drowned too. Went to use it this morning and it won't turn off,so have to remove batterys.

I'm drying gear at the moment.


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Ziplock bag and those little silica gel beads, the ones you shouldn't eat. If they've been out for any length of time put them in a hot >100deg c oven for 30 minutes to dry them out.
Alternately that damprid stuff in a pot from mitre 10 in a Tupperware container will suck the moisture out of anything, just don't get the stuff on any metalwork or rust rust rust.

Originally Posted by mikee

In a bowl of uncooked rice and take battery out

In the morning the rice will be gone and someone has fixed your electronics?

Any of the above

Dundee

Try not to use electronics when they have water in them as this can cause more damage by shorting the circuits.

Best thing to do is immediately remove the batteries without turning it on and put it in a bag or uncooked rice or silica desiccant.

Put the bag in the hot water cupboard and forget about it for several days.

Cheers
Pete

My youngest son who is fifteen months old has a thing for putting remotes or other electronic gadgets in the bath. I put rice and drowned gadget in a sistema container and put put on the Sun, works really well

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Thanks all for advice. The silcon gel that was in my bucket of bullets seems to be working in the snap locked bag. And my headlamp has dried out too. Can turn it off now. I'm putting a small rubbish bag in my day pack now.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Ziplock bag and those little silica gel beads, the ones you shouldn't eat. If they've been out for any length of time put them in a hot >100deg c oven for 30 minutes to dry them out.
Alternately that damprid stuff in a pot from mitre 10 in a Tupperware container will suck the moisture out of anything, just don't get the stuff on any metalwork or rust rust rust.

Optics in oven, nah not for me. Seen the result of a rangefinder in over on lower temp than 100

Originally Posted by Gibo

Optics in oven, nah not for me. Seen the result of a rangefinder in over on lower temp than 100

read it again lol, he means to dry the silica beads.

Originally Posted by Gibo

Optics in oven, nah not for me. Seen the result of a rangefinder in over on lower temp than 100

I think he meant for the gel capsules num nuts.


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Yep I meant the gel capsules sorry if that was a bit foggy like Dundees rangefinder is.