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GONZO01 11 October 2010 09:53 AM

Key fob in washing machine?
 
As the post says my alarm key fob has gone through the washing machine in my jeans pocket any tips on how to dry it out (apart from the obvious options) or how much a new one is and where to source one from?:)

scoobynewbie72 11 October 2010 09:55 AM

dont press any buttons and remove the battery, leave in a warm place to dry out,
Once dry put battery(may need new one) back in and you should be fine,
If you start pressing the buttons before its dry you may kill it off.
hth

ALi-B 11 October 2010 10:03 AM

As above. Take it apart and leave it apart until its dry.

If you have any electrical contact cleaner, its worth giving the circuit board a good spray to rinse off any remaining suds and prevent it corroding any further, it'll help it dry out quicker too.

I've done the above with a Samsung Tocco Ultra....it still works fine :cool::D

alcazar 11 October 2010 11:09 AM


Originally Posted by ALi-B (Post 9647705)
As above. Take it apart and leave it apart until its dry.

If you have any electrical contact cleaner, its worth giving the circuit board a good spray to rinse off any remaining suds and prevent it corroding any further, it'll help it dry out quicker too.

I've done the above with a Samsung Tocco Ultra....it still works fine :cool::D

LOL at your phone going through a washer:D
My youngest dropped a decent phone into his pint. I dried it out and the only bit that doesn't work is the camera.

ALi-B 11 October 2010 11:52 AM


Originally Posted by alcazar (Post 9647812)
LOL at your phone going through a washer:D
My youngest dropped a decent phone into his pint. I dried it out and the only bit that doesn't work is the camera.

Getting the water out of the touch screen posed an interesting task :D Gentle work with a finger nail to sperate the touch pad from the LCD.

Camera still works, but the picture taken always have a few water marks :o

Its not the first time its happened: I managed to save a SE W810 in the same way, but the loud-speaker didn't survive :(

joey_turbo 11 October 2010 12:57 PM

To answer your question, they are around 35quid new from Subaru.
That's assuming you are talking about the blue sigma alarm fob.


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