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 09/20/2005 10:54:30 AM · #1
Red wine spilled on my Canon Powershot (S50?) a couple of days ago.

Found battery compartment had a few drips of wine. And the (LCD?) screen was on. I opened and shut the shutter door a few times and it turned off. I thought that the rest of the camera was not effected.
Hours later found camera to be very warm, like it was on the entire time. And the battery fully drained the next day.

I tried to dry it out by unscrewing every screw and but could not open it more than a 1/16". So put back the screws, opened the battery compartment, removed battery and memory card to let air dry for a couple of days.

Do I have to worry about red wine causing corrosion? If so, anyone know of an on-line how to 'open up and dry out the camera' tutorial?

Message edited by author 2005-10-13 09:43:32.
 09/20/2005 11:15:45 AM · #2
The dried wine residue itself won't cause corrosion, but the residues can absorb water, and that can result in corrosion. The wet wine can certainly enable corrosion when batter power is present, so some irreparable damage may already be done, due to the fact that it was on for an extended period with the wet wine in place. The only way to know for sure is, after it's fully dry, power it up.

Edit:
Do clean the residue off contacts and wherever else it is accessible. Use a lint-free cloth moistened with distilled water. Clean it, and when you think it's clean, go over it once again.

Message edited by author 2005-09-20 11:17:41.
 09/20/2005 11:21:02 AM · #3
The fact that you left the battery inside a wet camera, will almost undoubtedly cause problems down the line.

edit: as a word of advice... Anytime a battery operated piece of electronics gets wet. Remove the battery immediately.

Message edited by author 2005-09-20 11:23:47.
 09/20/2005 11:47:44 AM · #4
Go to a 12 step terapy program to stop drinking.

Don't drink and take pictures. Or do if you want artsy pictures.
 09/20/2005 12:05:18 PM · #5
buy silica gels... that'll soak it up ;)
leave the camera open (battery compartment, etc).
 09/20/2005 04:14:55 PM · #6
Thank you for the suggestions.

I did manage to find a service manual online. And will try to open it up a bit to clean it up.

(I tried it this morning. Battery recharges and camera can take a picture and a video. I removed the battery again just in case. Not sure if the short is still present.)
 10/13/2005 09:42:24 AM · #7
Update:

Managed to open up the camera and found two drips that ran down the insides. One of them settled onto wire plug on the circuit board (causing the short). The camera is all cleaned up, dry and works fine now.

Thank you all for the helpful advise.
For those interested I found the service manual here:
//fileshare.eshop.bg/

10/13/2005 09:46:19 AM · #8
Originally posted by Ennil:

Don't drink and take pictures.


If you do, use IS/VR.
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