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Drowned sparks
« on: March 25, 2007, 09:00:26 am »

A few weeks ago my boat was submerged by being ran over by a 1:1 boat on a lake >:(.

Everything got drowned :(. I have dried it out, and on the next outing all was well, ;)

 but now my servos have the jitters :'(.

Does this mean my Rx is goosed?? ???
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Re: Drowned sparks
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2007, 09:37:06 am »

Hi,

You need to dismantle your receiver and servos and wash them in clean water then let them dry normally, there will be some mud/dirt/corrosion  encrusted somewhere on a pcb causing a short. I also use a very soft wire brush (toothbrush size) to gently clean teh solder tracks on the underside. 

Your r/c gear should survive, mine always has after a sinking, thankfully only happened 3 times. 1st was a Tamiya Grasshopper R/c car that got damp and plunged into a flooded river about 1983.  :-[

2nd time was fast electric boat racing at Eastnor show in 1991 or 2, someone put a faulty boat into the race and it rammed and sank mine when his prop chewed through my hull.  Boy was I  >:(

Last time the keel split on my 590s was also 1992 and the yacht sank very quickly. Still using the fast electric radio gear from the fast electric and that is 15 years on.

Clive :)
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Re: Drowned sparks
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2007, 10:32:43 am »

HI Kendal
Thanks for this. I will give it a try.

I have ammended my original post slightly.

They did work on the first trip out a week after the dunking, But now they don't.
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Re: Drowned sparks
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2007, 04:56:14 pm »

If you can get circuit board cleaner out there the type that evaporates "clean" leaving no residue, this can wash any impurities from the board after it has dried.
An Ardrox based cleaner.
Or failing that a cotton bud with Gin, yes Gin on it as this wont leave a residue.
Gin works on motor commutators too!!

Bob
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Re: Drowned sparks
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2007, 05:23:20 pm »

Hi,

Use demineralised water to wash out with - battery water - then rinse with meths and allow to dry. This worked for me.

Ordinary tap water has salts in it and may leave residues
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Re: Drowned sparks
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2007, 03:20:58 am »

Thanks for the advice guys,.

I am always looking for an excuse to buy gin ;D ;D ;)
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