Help! I dropped the telephone in water?

Question

Ok I dropped our cordless home phone in water and its not working at all. It worked for a little but but now its dead. When I put it on the hook the charging ligh t came on but the phone is not working at all. What should I do

Answer 1

Put it in a warm place and wait for it to dry out. If you can remove the cover that would be better. This happened to me and once it had dried out it worked fine.

Answer 2

If you're lucky it will work again.  But more probably the conductive nature of the water has shorted the internal circuitry.

When it gets wet, the first thing to do is immediately remove the power source (battery).  Then dry it.  No microwaves.  But even then the phone will probably corrode.  To prevent that you could wipe down the circuit board with a non-conductive oil.

Make sure it is completely dry before powering it up.

Answer 3

Take the battery out. Place the whole phone (including battery) in rice.. leave it for a few days. Then put back together.. If it doesn't work after that.. your screwed... The rice will take out any moisture left inside the phone for you..

Answer 4

zap it in the microwave for a few seconds.

i heard it works.

Answer 5

Well you can try to take it apart and get a little hair dryer to it... we did that with a cell phone one time, put the hair dryer on it until it dried,then it worked again.... or just go get one for 30 dollars at walmart...