how to clean batteries leakage?

dickson fung · 4th December 2008

any1 know how to clean away the liquid that leak from the betteries? It leak from the AAA battery..it leak inside my flash light .

dickson fung · 4th December 2008

any 1 know how to clean??

JediKnight · 4th December 2008

The damage maybe worst than what you think or expect. If leak is discovered early before it dry up, chances wiping away may help. The longer it is, chances that it has damaged the PCB boards inside which will be extremely expensive to replace - as good as getting a new one from my recent unfortunate experience.

JediKnight · 4th December 2008

I always wanted to ask and wondering if anyone came across lithium battery leaking in a camera before ? Anyone care to comment.

Riyanto Ong · 4th December 2008

if it had already happened, it is almost impossible to clean. the liquid had gone through any small openings to inside the flash.

it is better to avoid this situation by always took out the battery after usage. never ever store the flash with the batteries inside.

i have 2 very bad experiences with battery leakage for my sb-25 and sb-600. both are still able to fire the flash, but no control can be done since the electronic circuit inside the flash was malfunctioning.

Octarine · 5th December 2008

Originally Posted by JediKnight

I always wanted to ask and wondering if anyone came across lithium battery leaking in a camera before ? Anyone care to comment.

There is nothing left over to clean if a Lithium battery leaks. Do you remember the stories about exploded hp batteries "Made in China"? - That's what happens if Lithium gets in touch with Oxygen of the air.

doom102938 · 5th December 2008

Yup lithium batterys would explode instead.

4th December 2008	#1
dickson fung Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 72	how to clean batteries leakage? any1 know how to clean away the liquid that leak from the betteries? It leak from the AAA battery..it leak inside my flash light .

4th December 2008	#2
dickson fung Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 72	Re: how to clean batteries leakage? any 1 know how to clean??

4th December 2008	#3
JediKnight Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Punggol Posts: 93	Re: how to clean batteries leakage? The damage maybe worst than what you think or expect. If leak is discovered early before it dry up, chances wiping away may help. The longer it is, chances that it has damaged the PCB boards inside which will be extremely expensive to replace - as good as getting a new one from my recent unfortunate experience. __________________ Good photography is not so much about what you use as the way that you use it.

4th December 2008	#4
JediKnight Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Punggol Posts: 93	Re: how to clean batteries leakage? I always wanted to ask and wondering if anyone came across lithium battery leaking in a camera before ? Anyone care to comment. __________________ Good photography is not so much about what you use as the way that you use it.

4th December 2008	#5
Riyanto Ong New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 26	Re: how to clean batteries leakage? if it had already happened, it is almost impossible to clean. the liquid had gone through any small openings to inside the flash. it is better to avoid this situation by always took out the battery after usage. never ever store the flash with the batteries inside. i have 2 very bad experiences with battery leakage for my sb-25 and sb-600. both are still able to fire the flash, but no control can be done since the electronic circuit inside the flash was malfunctioning.

5th December 2008	#7
doom102938 Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 203	Re: how to clean batteries leakage? Yup lithium batterys would explode instead.