One problem I have is falling in the lake. Does anyone else have this problem? This problem wouldn’t be that bad, except for I usually have a piece of electronic equipment on me and as you know water and electronics do not get along.

The first time it happened, people were telling me all kinds of ways to save the electronic. The easiest and best way I have found is uncooked rice.

First of all let me say that this does not work 100% of time, and does not save hard drives at all.

The first thing you need to do is if an electronic is wet, is remove the battery. I didn’t remove the battery in my cell phone and it fried it.

Next find a container and some uncooked rice. Fill the container with some rice, put the electronic in, and then cover it with rice.

Then comes the hard part, wait. Put the container in a dry place and let it sit there undisturbed for 48 hours, two days.

After two days have gone by, take your electronic out of the rice. Examine it and see if there is still any water in it, if there is, put it back in the rice for another day or so. If you can’t see any water, put the battery back in (which you should also put in the rice) and try to turn it on.

If it turns on, congratulations! You just saved your electronic from death. If it doesn’t turn on, put it back in the rice for another day. If it still doesn’t turn on, sorry, but your electronic is dead.

Some notes:

If you feel comfortable, tear down the electronic some and then put the parts in the rice. This will have a better chance of drying out completely.

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