What should I do if my walkie-talkie gets into water?
In outdoor adventure, construction site operation or emergency rescue site, walkie-talkie is the key equipment to ensure smooth communication. In these relatively complex environments, walkie-talkies will inevitably encounter unexpected situations, and the situation of inadvertent water ingress is even more common. Once the walkie-talkie into the water, not only may lead to communication interruption affecting the progress of work, but also may cause damage to the equipment to bring economic losses. Don't worry, today we will share with you the way to deal with the water in the walkie-talkie and how to effectively avoid this situation:
Problems that may occur after water ingress
When the walkie-talkie is in the water, the first thing that may occur is the sound problem, the sound becomes hoarse, fuzzy, or even no sound at all when you talk. This is because the water damaged the intercom speaker, microphone and other sound and sound components
Secondly, short circuit is also a common problem. Water is a conductor of electricity, into the walkie-talkie internal, will make the positive and negative poles in the circuit short-circuit, resulting in the device can not be normal power on, even if it can be turned on, there may be a variety of malfunctions, such as key malfunction, the screen display abnormality and so on. Long-term water in the moisture state, but also accelerate the corrosion of the internal parts of the walkie-talkie, greatly shortening the service life of the equipment.
The water into the emergency treatment steps
1. Immediately shut down
Once found that the walkie-talkie into the water, the first time to do is to shut down. Never try to continue to use it, because under the energized state, water will accelerate the circuit short circuit, causing more serious damage. Press and hold the power button until the intercom is completely turned off.
2. Dry the surface water
Using a clean towel or tissue, quickly absorb the water from the surface of the radio. Wipe every corner carefully, including the screen, button, ports and other parts, to minimize the moisture left on the surface.
3. Remove internal moisture
This step is crucial. You can put the walkie-talkie into a sealed bag, and then put a lot of desiccant, such as lime desiccant, silica gel desiccant and so on. The desiccant can absorb the moisture inside the bag, thus helping to remove the moisture inside the walkie-talkie. Or put the walkie-talkie in a well-ventilated and dry place and let it dry naturally. However, be careful not to put it in a high temperature environment for drying, high temperature may damage the plastic shell and internal parts of the walkie-talkie. If there are conditions, you can also use a hair dryer with a cold wind gear, blowing against the walkie-talkie from a distance to accelerate the evaporation of water, but be careful to maintain a proper distance to avoid excessive wind blowing off parts.
4. Inspection and Maintenance
After a period of drying treatment, you can try to turn on the radio. If the walkie-talkie can be turned on normally and all functions are normal, then it can be continued to use. However, if there are still problems, such as abnormal sound, malfunctioning keys, etc., it is necessary to contact a professional maintenance personnel for overhaul. Please contact the dealers.
