SD Cards In Washer & Dryer
Jun 24, 2021 06:21:55 #
Perhaps you should promote your laundry detergent... it may make a good commercial.
Jun 24, 2021 07:26:58 #
Sidwalkastronomy wrote:
Toss them. Like the poster said water could get in through the lock switch. That water could leak into camera. Long shot yes , but do you want to take that chance
Only if one takes it right from the washer, no spin cycle, and immediately shoves it in the camera. Even then it won't be flooding the camera card compartment with water. I have a much better chance of tripping over my shoe laces when I'm wearing loafers.
Jun 24, 2021 07:46:47 #
Years ago I left a USB thumb drive in my pocket. The pants went through the wash and dry cycle. At this time I do not recall if I let the drive sit for a while before plugging it in to my PC. But when I did It worked and I was able to read and write to it. It still works today several years later. A USB drive is definitely less liquid tight than SD cards are. SO the SD may be just fine after its experience.
Jun 24, 2021 08:01:15 #
I was out photographing Bald Eagles & accidently flipped my kayak a few years back, 1 Nikon D800 & 24-70 lens went to the waste bucket. I was able to retrieve 4 images off of the SD card before it too found a place in the trash
You're very lucky
You're very lucky
Jun 24, 2021 08:36:00 #
I don't learn from past mistakes. I've done that twice. Lucked out both times and had no damage.
Jun 24, 2021 08:37:16 #
pdsdville wrote:
I don't learn from past mistakes. I've done that twice. Lucked out both times and had no damage.
Jun 24, 2021 08:57:00 #
G. Crook
Loc: Linden, TX
martykovacs wrote:
I was hoping someone else had a similar experience & to let everybody know about how they held up. It's not critically important if I lose one or both cards. I check them every day & although it's interesting to see what type of creatures invade the garden, it won't hurt to lose a day's worth of video or photos. I do thank everyone who responded.
I have a game camera set up by my pond. I take the SD card out once a month, stick it in my pocket until I get back to the house, sometimes several hours (I am on a working farm and am in and out of my SxS) many times daily. More than once the SD card has gone through the wash/dry cycle. The card has never failed me. The camera has been on the same tree for a year now. Summer heat, winter snow and lots of rain. Never a hiccup from the camera or SD card.
Jun 24, 2021 09:13:05 #
If they were electric motors, the course would be to soak in distilled water and then allow to completely dry before use. The question I would worry about is slow corrosion of any connections. Gold won't ever corrode with anything you exposed it to, but other metals can. Finally, if corrosion occurs could it damage the camera?
Jun 24, 2021 09:22:18 #
JBRIII wrote:
If they were electric motors, the course would be to soak in distilled water and then allow to completely dry before use. The question I would worry about is slow corrosion of any connections. Gold won't ever corrode with anything you exposed it to, but other metals can. Finally, if corrosion occurs could it damage the camera?
If the card is dry, no problem. The connectors are gold plated, the IC inside is encapsulated in a dollop of epoxy.
Nothing to corrode inside the card.
Jun 24, 2021 09:32:19 #
Agree, but still would worry about possibility of something being affected, scratched contact, hole in epoxy, etc.
To each his own.
If it does fail, it will be just when Bigfoot visits.
To each his own.
If it does fail, it will be just when Bigfoot visits.
Jun 24, 2021 09:35:43 #
JBRIII wrote:
Agree, but still would worry about possibility of something being affected, scratched contact, hole in epoxy, etc.
To each his own.
If it does fail, it will be just when Bigfoot visits.
To each his own.
If it does fail, it will be just when Bigfoot visits.
Well, you're free to worry, I won't.
Jun 24, 2021 10:16:19 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
nikonuser750 wrote:
I think the dryer is what saved them. Had you used them wet, I would expect that you would have fried them. The dryer made sure that the moisture evaporated. I would expect that they are as good as new. I'd have no problem using them.
would you trust them to use on your daughter's wedding?
Jun 24, 2021 11:10:51 #
I don't like putting my SD cards in the Dryer. I just hang them on the clothesline...... 
Jun 24, 2021 11:17:08 #
Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
I've never washed an SD card (yet), but my sweet wife has washed CF cards for me on two different occasions. She refused to iron them though. Both survived, the images were retrieved and they worked flawlessly until I no longer used cameras that used that type of card.
Jun 24, 2021 11:39:47 #
I would not have used them. Just not worth the risks of destroying the contacts on the camera or losing pictures. SD cards are not expensive to replace. But you had good results. Congrats.
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