Went to use my bridge camera and. . . oh no, aaaaaaah!
Oct 19, 2017 14:19:39 #
I opened up the battery compartment for a look and discovered that there was a dead and leaking battery! Fortunately, the leakage happened on the compartment door and not down deep inside the camera. So, I wrapped up the entire camera in clear plastic along with a lot of masking tape, everything except for the battery compartment door! The picture shows me cleaning the door contacts using an old toothbrush and some Bon-Ami. After scrubbing, I thoroughly rinsed the compartment door. I made sure to keep all water going downhill away from the camera. After letting it drip dry for a while, I peeled off all the tape and plastic and used my air compressor to completely dry off the camera.
Picture taken with my cell phone.
Picture taken with my cell phone.
Oct 19, 2017 14:25:59 #
Earworms wrote:
I opened up the battery compartment for a look and... (show quote)
Life in the electronics age!
I hope you never have to do that again. If you do I find baking soda works real well for that. Make up a paste, smear it on the affected areas with a Q-tip and go have a beer or three, come back and rinse it off. It should be almost pristine.
Oct 19, 2017 14:30:49 #
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Oct 19, 2017 15:16:08 #
Baking Soda works every time. Car battery posts come squeaky clean. Rinse with water, apply lubraplate grease and good for long time.
Oct 19, 2017 15:16:47 #
Earworms wrote:
I opened up the battery compartment for a look and... (show quote)
Well, it looks like it should work. No flossing?
Oct 19, 2017 15:26:03 #
Earworms wrote:
I opened up the battery compartment for a look and... (show quote)
That was scary! I'm glad you were successful in cleaning out that corrosive mess. Do you remember the brand of battery that caused this? There was an issue several months back regarding leaking batteries, and Duracell seemed to be the prime offender.
Oct 19, 2017 15:29:18 #
canondave1 wrote:
That was scary! I'm glad you were successful in cleaning out that corrosive mess. Do you remember the brand of battery that caused this? There was an issue several months back regarding leaking batteries, and Duracell seemed to be the prime offender.
I don't know about this current problem but a while back it was found that there were counterfeit Duracell batteries on store shelves.
Oct 19, 2017 16:05:39 #
canondave1 wrote:
That was scary! I'm glad you were successful in cleaning out that corrosive mess. Do you remember the brand of battery that caused this? There was an issue several months back regarding leaking batteries, and Duracell seemed to be the prime offender.
Duracell have been the worst for me, so I've stopped using them completely. However this time it was Rayovac. . . .
Oct 19, 2017 16:18:05 #
Rich1939 wrote:
Life in the electronics age!
I hope you never have to do that again. If you do I find baking soda works real well for that. Make up a paste, smear it on the affected areas with a Q-tip and go have a beer or three, come back and rinse it off. It should be almost pristine.
I hope you never have to do that again. If you do I find baking soda works real well for that. Make up a paste, smear it on the affected areas with a Q-tip and go have a beer or three, come back and rinse it off. It should be almost pristine.
Sometimes the corrosion is so bad that it permanently discolors the contacts regardless of how much cleaning is done.
Oct 19, 2017 16:25:31 #
Oct 19, 2017 16:32:05 #
SteveR wrote:
It's not the Alka Seltzer storage compartment, earbuds!!
In a good mood today, Steve?
Bon-Ami is a very mild/soft kitchen cleanser.
Oct 19, 2017 16:46:44 #
Earworms wrote:
In a good mood today, Steve?
Bon-Ami is a very mild/soft kitchen cleanser.
Bon-Ami is a very mild/soft kitchen cleanser.
I didn't wont to get deep into this but the reason I suggested using baking soda is that Bon-Ami is a scouring powder and will remove some of the plating on the contacts. If that contact plating is a precious metal it will be very thin.
Oct 19, 2017 16:57:33 #
Rich1939 wrote:
I didn't wont to get deep into this but the reason I suggested using baking soda is that Bon-Ami is a scouring powder and will remove some of the plating on the contacts. If that contact plating is a precious metal it will be very thin.
No, Bon-Ami is NOT a scouring powder. Their motto is "Hasn't Scratched Yet!" Will not remove plating or even scratch plastic.
Oct 19, 2017 17:01:16 #
Earworms wrote:
No, Bon-Ami is NOT a scouring powder. Their motto is "Hasn't Scratched Yet!" Will not remove plating or even scratch plastic.
Sorry I was working with experiences that go back over a 1/2 century!
Be that as it may. Backing soda is still your best bet.
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