Soaked cordless phone
 

I have a DECT cordless phone which was dropped into clean water while
switched on. After drying out, the phone seems to behave normally but
the LCD display remains blank. The handset I a Panasonic KXA118EM, as
supplied with the kx-tcd735em system.

Is there any chance that this might be a simple repair such as a
connector needing reseating or similar? I've repaired oldish
oscilloscopes and other stuff, but don't want to get into surface mount
soldering.

Best wishes,
--
Michael Salem

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:12:25 +0100, Michael Salem
wrote:

I have a DECT cordless phone which was dropped into clean water while
switched on. After drying out, the phone seems to behave normally but
the LCD display remains blank. The handset I a Panasonic KXA118EM, as
supplied with the kx-tcd735em system.

Is there any chance that this might be a simple repair such as a
connector needing reseating or similar? I've repaired oldish
oscilloscopes and other stuff, but don't want to get into surface mount
soldering.

Best wishes,


There's probably still some water in the LCD display. It can take a
LONG time for it to all evaporate.
Andy Cuffe

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On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:12:25 +0100, Michael Salem
wrote:

I have a DECT cordless phone which was dropped into clean water while
switched on. After drying out, the phone seems to behave normally but
the LCD display remains blank. The handset I a Panasonic KXA118EM, as
supplied with the kx-tcd735em system.

Is there any chance that this might be a simple repair such as a
connector needing reseating or similar? I've repaired oldish
oscilloscopes and other stuff, but don't want to get into surface mount
soldering.

Best wishes,


There's probably still some water in the LCD display. It can take a
LONG time for it to all evaporate.
Andy Cuffe



It can sit under surface mount IC's for a long time too, a can of compressed
air can help.

I asked:

I have a DECT cordless phone which was dropped into clean water while
switched on. After drying out, the phone seems to behave normally but
the LCD display remains blank. The handset Is a Panasonic KXA118EM, as
supplied with the kx-tcd735em system.

Is there any chance that this might be a simple repair

Thanks to James Sweet and Andy Cuffe for their responses:

There's probably still some water in the LCD display. It can take a
LONG time for it to all evaporate.
....
It can sit under surface mount IC's for a long time too, a can of compressed
air can help.

It was two weeks ago, but I'll open it and leave it in a warm place,
which should evaporate the water quicker.

Best wishes,
--
Michael Salem