ML-L3 go through water, detergent torture...

erictan8888 · 4th August 2005

hi,

just like to share:
went to shoot and somehow placed the D70 remote ML-L3 in my pocket....
then went home and forgot to take out from pants pocket... soaked in pail, plus dynamo and water, for 9 hours !!!!!!

and then throw inside washing machine.... wash, rinse, and spin dry.....
still did not know... put out to dry under the scorching sun and finally found remote missing... went searching and found it....

you know what: after the remote has been through all these, it still WORKED!!!!
the battery kanna a bit of those brown brown thingy like rust.... cleaned it up a bit and it still worked fine.... ha ha ha ha

heng ha...$16 saved !!!

hower · 4th August 2005

That is lucky.

I am planning to get 1 soon. So, that is a good news to me too. I am also that forgetful.

4th August 2005	#1
erictan8888 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,223	ML-L3 go through water, detergent torture... hi, just like to share: went to shoot and somehow placed the D70 remote ML-L3 in my pocket.... then went home and forgot to take out from pants pocket... soaked in pail, plus dynamo and water, for 9 hours !!!!!! and then throw inside washing machine.... wash, rinse, and spin dry..... still did not know... put out to dry under the scorching sun and finally found remote missing... went searching and found it.... you know what: after the remote has been through all these, it still WORKED!!!! the battery kanna a bit of those brown brown thingy like rust.... cleaned it up a bit and it still worked fine.... ha ha ha ha heng ha...$16 saved !!! __________________ Hope to learn from everyone here.... http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/TanEric/

4th August 2005	#2
hower Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Singapore & Shanghai Posts: 662	That is lucky. I am planning to get 1 soon. So, that is a good news to me too. I am also that forgetful.