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Water damaged equipment

Partially Submerged in water:   

Remove batteries immediately, externally dry the equipment and get it into a repair center urgently. Delays could cause the equipment to be rendered uneconomical to repair. If a service center is more than 24 hours away try to dry the equipment (not the oven) in a moisture free environment.

Totally Submerged in water:

As above - Remove batteries immediately, externally dry the equipment and get it into a repair center urgently. Delays could cause the equipment to be rendered uneconomical to repair. If a service center is more than 24 hours away try to dry the equipment (not the oven) in a moisture free environment. 

If your equipment has sustained salt water damage. You will need to wash the unit out in fresh water or put it in a bucket of fresh water with a small amount of dishwashing detergent to stop the corrosion forming and help remove the salt. Leave it in the fresh water and bring it to your nearest service center urgently.

 
Rain damaged equipment:  
 
You can use a hairdryer to dry the water from the equipment or bring it in to us a.s.a.p for dismantling and cleaning.   

Water proof equipment:

Needs to be maintained or it will leak. You need to make sure the o-rings/seals are clean and free of grit or fluff,

Important: There is no guarantee on any repairs carried out on water damaged equipment.


                 Mud damaged unit                                   Corrosion damaged                               Corrosion damage
              Fell down a mine shaft                                  inside the top cover                       on the strap lug on a camera  Corrision to a top cover  
 
          Mud damaged camera                        Water damaged
                after repair
After clean and repair       water damaged      
 

 

 

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