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Larry[_18_] Larry[_18_] is offline
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Default Two days of excellent boating!

Jack wrote:

Water, and even a wash cycle, won't necessarily kill electronics. If
it's not contaminated, you can usually dry them out thoroughly and
they'll come back to life.

The manufacturing of modern electronics is done with water-based flux
for the solder. After the boards have all the components soldered to
them, they are run through a cleaner that is pretty much a glorified
dishwasher.

Many years ago I jumped into Lake Geneva with my beeper (pager) on. It
survived after a few days to dry out and a new battery. Good old
Motorola made in the US!