Camera Battery Got Wet

If your camera gets wet it s important to act quickly.

Camera battery got wet. Camera battery got a little wet what to do. When i went to change the battery the compartment was very wet and rusted. When they get wet they are ruined. The camera stopped working everything.

Batteries that power waterproof cameras are not. Place your camera in a sealed bag of rice and let it rest for a few days depending on how wet it was. In my case the camera fell off a tripod bouncing off a dock before hitting the water. Place the camera in the box of litter with the lens mount facing upwards.

Get yourself a sealable plastic tub that s larger than your camera. For digital cameras remove the batteries and memory card otherwise you run the risk of losing them as well. While it is recommended to immediately remove the battery after the phone got wet that s not a guarantee that you have saved the phone from trouble. Buy a bag of crystal kitty litter and fill the bottom of the tub.

Once your camera gets wet immediately remove the battery and memory card. These will be the easiest two things to save even if the camera is gonners. A great place to look is ikelite. Any ways to check the integrity of the battery.

If you re outdoors when the disaster happens get to your vehicle as quickly as you safely can. Now if you drop the camera in salt water it is probably best to rinse the camera in fresh water preferably distilled to remove any salt. Clearly this camera is not weatherproof i recently purchased the more. I have a camera outdoors that was functioning until the battery expired.

Remove the camera s body cap. I don t care if you use all the rice in china there is no recovery of a wet battery. I had to get in the creek to retrieve the. Open the camera s battery compartment.

To be safe you re probably best leaving it for up to a week. The camera landed in muddy water that was about two feet deep. But i worry about using it in my camera. Close the box and seal all openings with duct tape.

A 45 dollar battery is not worth damaging a 2k dollar camera but i really would rather not have to throw the battery away as it was brand new. If you want to go underwater there are underwater housings that can be applied to most consumer grade cameras. We recently had about a week of rain but the storm did not get near us. Open your camera s battery compartment door but ensure the sensor remains covered so rice can t get lost inside.