How do you repair waterlogger electronics?
Thanks in advance.

Someone please help. I heard you let them sit in rice(not cooked). But it doesn't seem like its working.

The best thing I've found which has done miracles for me in the past is a zero residue electronic cleaning spray. You can buy it at specialty electronic part stores, I'm not sure what stores should be in you area but up here there called active electronics and electronic connections. Make sure its zero residue either wise the lubricant in the spray can damage the electronics. Unplug everything. Open the case to access the board and spray the heck out of it. Let it dry and hope for the best. AS long as you haven't fried anything (smoke) it should work.

From what I've experienced, you have one chance to get electronics dried out cause if you try to use it and its still wet, something can short out and it'll be ruined.

I take the wet electronics apart as far as I can and let it sit in my auto with thw windows rolled up with the auto in the sun. If its sunny, I'll let it sit for a few days, if its overcast, I'll give it a week.

Then I put it back together and see if it works.

I got my scaler wet all the time but only one way could I fix it.. You gotta bake it.

I have a electronics oven now but any toaster oven set around 150* should work in a pinch. Bake for 12-20 minutes or until black wires turn a nice golden brown

Spektrum rx antenna wires can get fragle if baked to long so less time is better on those from my experience. Just make sure what ever you do, you remove ALL plastic.

Wrapping in a towel can increase the drying effect but ups the danger about 150%

in 25 years of playing with electronics, I have never baked any. 150c ain't far off the melting point (to plasticity) of solder... the method should work and bloody quickly too but i wouldn't be happy about doing that... its a bit too hot for comfort

i usually just leave the electronic piece on top of a central heating radiator, or in a jet of hot, dry air if you have blown heating.. leave it warm for a few days, the water will dry up...

then give it a quick clean down with electronic cleaning solvent which is 99%+ pure isopropyl alcohol so leaves zero residue - any alcohol more than 99% pure should be fine (rubbing alcohol is about 70%), let that dry and put the lid back on... job done.. saved countless cellphones, mp3 players, esc's and even the ECU on my 1:1 car once this way

I'm betting that's 150F (65.6C) and not 150C (302F)......


I'm basically doing the same thing except in the car since a car inside gets to 135-145F with the windows rolled up sitting in the sun.

Yes.. 150F


I live in Minnesnowta so warm cars are not a option.

I use the towel wrap method to fix my iPhone.. A lot.

Well I have recently washed my phone in my jeans
So since you said that you use the towel method for your iPhone then i will try that for my phone. As for my rc electronics I think I'm going to try the sitting in hot car method. Even though its winter, southern california still shows no signs of it.

Heh i live in england so i got the same prob.. today, shovelling hardcore for my patio i'm building, I had the odd combination of being roasting hot sweaty under my t-shirt, but having to peel my fingers off the shovel they had stiffened up on because it was so cold in the wind

towel wraps are good - but the best thing for drawing water out of a casing is Silca Gel - the little crystals you get a bag of which says "Dessicant DO NOT EAT" in the box when you buy a new camera or pair of binox. The same stuff is used in those dehumidifier eggs you use till they change colour then you stick em in the oven to dry them out.. camera shops sell silca as do craft shops.. good stuff..