When your day goes in the toilet

[Sarah Fox]

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Hi James,

For your Nokia and anybody else's near-flush experience, take heart that =
most electronic devices CAN be brought back to life if you do it the =
right way:  (1) Remove batteries.  (2) Submerse in a container of =
distilled water.  (3) Open the case to expose the insides.  (4) Flush =
with a couple more fresh rinses of distilled water.  (5) Blow out the =
excess water and let dry (*thoroughly*).  (6) Reassemble and power up.  =
(Why is distilled water different from tap water?  It doesn't have any =
salts in it and therefore doesn't conduct electricity.)  I had done this =
several times throughout the years and then ran into some guy who was an =
electronics technician for the Navy.  He had used the exact same method =
on a daily basis (and with great success) on equipment that got dunked =
in seawater.  ;-)

Peace,
Sarah

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: James Grebe=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 7:34 AM
  Subject: Re: When your day goes in the toilet


  Maybe your pocket PC came back, but cell phones do not after being =
dunked in the toilet.  I had that experience and when the battery gets =
wet if has a dye that shows it has been wet on the battery and it is NOT =
covered under warranty and the cell phone was unfixable.  I had to go =
back to my old cell phone because the new one, though only 1 month old =
it had to be replaced and they could not fix it. I did not have =
replacement insurance.  I used to have a Motorola pager and it went =
through the washing machine but after 1 day of drying out it did come =
back.  Praise be to Motorola and not Nokia.
  Jim
  James Grebe
  Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair
  Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing =
instruments
  (314) 608-4137
  WWW.JamesGrebe.com
  1526 Raspberry Lane
  Arnold, MO 63010
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    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: Piannaman@aol.com=20
    To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
    Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:32 PM
    Subject: When your day goes in the toilet


    From the files of "Embarassing but True."  If you can't laugh at =
yourself, who CAN you laugh at?

    So I finish tuning this lady's piano, and the diuretic effects of =
the morning's coffee kick in.  "M'am, may I use your facilities?"

    "Yes, no problem."  She shows me to the door. =20

    I'm wearing my shop apron.  Don't know why, probably because of the =
convenient pocket space it affords me to put things like my pocket PC =
in(foreshadowing here...)

    Business done, apron back in place--without my IPAQ, which has =
fallen into the (fortunately freshly flushed) toilet.  Flushed for most =
of the day were appointments, Tunelab, contacts, and map functions. =20

    Things to be thankful for:=20

    My wonderful wife, who offered me personalized GPS service via my =
cell phone from her job at the university.

    I tune mostly by ear, anyway.  (4 of the five jobs consisted of =
lowering the pitch on new pianos, 2 by over 20 cents each).

    Since my day was so busy, I'd made out all of today's invoices in =
advance, so at least I had everyone's address handy.

    SD cards, which saved EVERYTHING today.

    Water dries out.

    Computers can come back from a dunking.=20

    It's been a long day.  Time for a glass o' vino.

    Dave Stahl




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