Drying out a GPS unit?

[Andrew_Culture]

Somehow moisture has gotten into my Holux GPS. It still works okay but I can't properly see the screen because of a very fine layer of condensation.

I have tried leaving it on a sunny windowsill with the wee usb connection cap open but the moisture persists.

Any ideas?

 

[tadpole]

Warm radiator for a few and a couple of packing packs of silica gel pack. Worked for my old phone.

 

[Linford]

Park it in a bag of rice

 

[Cubist]

Put it in the airing cupboard in a container of uncooked rice. This has revived three or four mobile phones chez Cube

 

[Cubist]

Top post Linford

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Put it in the airing cupboard in a container of uncooked rice. This has revived three or four mobile phones chez Cube

Cheers! It can join my daughters toys in the cupboard that contains our boiler!

 

[grumpyoldgit]

Park it in a bag of rice

For several days,in a warm place.
Go on,ask me how I know

 

[Andrew_Culture]

For several days,in a warm place.
Go on,ask me how I know

Because you cook your rice very slowly?

 

[Linford]

Because you cook your rice very slowly?

You need a bit more water to cook it properly than you'll find in the condensation lurking in your GPS unit

 

[Andrew_Culture]

You need a bit more water to cook it properly than you'll find in the condensation lurking in your GPS unit

Very reassuring

 

[400bhp]

This happened to my Garmin unit after some rain. I managed to dry it out but after some torrential rain too much water got in and the unit packed up.

If possible can you send off to Holux, because if it's happened it will happen again.

 

[grumpyoldgit]

Dropped my (new) phone in the river,took about twenty minutes to recover it.Stood it upright to let the water drain,switched it on & it workedPut it on charged & it cooked itself,lost a couple of hundred business Nos
Look on internet & it clearly says to dry out for a couple of days before turning on

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Dropped my (new) phone in the river,took about twenty minutes to recover it.Stood it upright to let the water drain,switched it on & it workedPut it on charged & it cooked itself,lost a couple of hundred business Nos
Look on internet & it clearly says to dry out for a couple of days before turning on

Gah! Times like this I'm very grateful for an Android phone!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

This happened to my Garmin unit after some rain. I managed to dry it out but after some torrential rain too much water got in and the unit packed up.

If possible can you send off to Holux, because if it's happened it will happen again.

It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of warranty but the UL Holux distributors are lovely folk so I might consult them.

 

[400bhp]

I would-luckily my garmin was in warranty but it was more of a fecker the unit not working when I was after a few koms.