Help: Dead Uniden XS915 cordless phone

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Hi, I did a bad thing, and dropped it into water. Half of the unit was
submerged and water did enter it. I pulled it apart and dried it out
for a few days by air, but it didn't work. I tried drying it out with a
hair drier, but it still doesn't work.

What it does do is turn on when you press talk and make the on beep
sound, but then turns off again after a few seconds as it will not
respond to any input other than the talk and end buttons.

Hoping someone may have come across this and resolved it, before I go
and by a new phone.

Regards,
Xygt
 
Sigh, ok, I picked the phone up from the wall holder, it slipped out my
hand and into a saucepan of water on the kitchen bench :-( Very
dopey.

Cheers,
Xygt
 
xygt3@hotmail.com wrote:
Sigh, ok, I picked the phone up from the wall holder, it slipped out my
hand and into a saucepan of water on the kitchen bench :-( Very
dopey.
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This has happened to us too, a few times, phone seems to have survived
though :).

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock
 
<xygt3@hotmail.com
Sigh, ok, I picked the phone up from the wall holder, it slipped out my
hand and into a saucepan of water on the kitchen bench :-( Very
dopey.
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** When that happens, the very first thing to do is REMOVE the battery
**immediately** to prevent electrolysis ( electric current flowing via the
water and hence destroying components and creating a white lead oxide sludge
out of the solder) .

Then just drying the unit is all you need to do.




........... Phil
 
"Nicholas Sherlock" <n_sherlock@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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xygt3@hotmail.com wrote:
Sigh, ok, I picked the phone up from the wall holder, it slipped out my
hand and into a saucepan of water on the kitchen bench :-( Very
dopey.

This has happened to us too, a few times, phone seems to have survived
though :).

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock
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You guys have gotta stop sharing a flat!
 
On 24 May 2005 21:01:21 -0700, xygt3@hotmail.com wrote:

Hi, I did a bad thing, and dropped it into water. Half of the unit was
submerged and water did enter it. I pulled it apart and dried it out
for a few days by air, but it didn't work. I tried drying it out with a
hair drier, but it still doesn't work.

What it does do is turn on when you press talk and make the on beep
sound, but then turns off again after a few seconds as it will not
respond to any input other than the talk and end buttons.

Hoping someone may have come across this and resolved it, before I go
and by a new phone.
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Some of the uniden phones you can just buy the phone and charger only
for use as a second phone. ie, you don't need to waste money on
another base station.
 
Hi, all fixed. I let it dry out even longer, and it's back to life.

Thanks for all the advice.

Regards,
Xygt
 
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