Used the rice thing myself loads of times for dropped mobiles in water.
Take back off mobile, remove battery and sim and submerge everything in a tub of rice (covered) for a few days. Worked every time!
This is usually fine if the device is off or turned off immediately, but a wet circuit board with power going through it is usually a receipe for disaster.
Even without the water detection things, it's usually easy to spot water damage to a circuit board. The chances of getting a free repair are nil, I would say.
Used the rice thing myself loads of times for dropped mobiles in water.
Take back off mobile, remove battery and sim and submerge everything in a tub of rice (covered) for a few days. Worked every time!
For plain water spills this trick might work. It might not work for other spills.
In over 30 years cleaning tea, coffee, **** ash and other, shall we say, unidentified substances out of various bits of electronic kit it is tea and coffee that are the worst with drinks like Coca Cola not far behind.
As I posted it's not so much the liquid as the mess it leaves behind if you don't get to it quickly enough. Bunging a tea socked mobile or whatever in a bowl of rice may suck up the liquid but if it leaves a residue behind then you can still be in trouble.
I did the exact same thing last week with coffee on my laptop. I have home insurance but laptops are not covered for some reason. :mad:
I left it overnight to dry out and the next day, it switched on again OK,mouse working fine, but the keyboard wasn't working at all.
I took it to a local repair shop, who charged me £60 for 'diagnostics' (:rolleyes:), concluded that the keyboard was knackered (:rolleyes:) and then charged £40 for a new keyboard. £100 total.
Of course, as soon as it was fixed, I looked up the price of a new keyboard and it's £18.99, so I was basically ripped off, but it was still cheaper than buying a new computer.
I did the exact same thing last week with coffee on my laptop. I have home insurance but laptops are not covered for some reason. :mad:
I left it overnight to dry out and the next day, it switched on again OK,mouse working fine, but the keyboard wasn't working at all.
I took it to a local repair shop, who charged me £60 for 'diagnostics' (:rolleyes:), concluded that the keyboard was knackered (:rolleyes:) and then charged £40 for a new keyboard. £100 total.
Of course, as soon as it was fixed, I looked up the price of a new keyboard and it's £18.99, so I was basically ripped off, but it was still cheaper than buying a new computer.
Did you look at the policy terms and conditions and did they specifically say laptops aren't included?
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This is usually fine if the device is off or turned off immediately, but a wet circuit board with power going through it is usually a receipe for disaster.
Even without the water detection things, it's usually easy to spot water damage to a circuit board. The chances of getting a free repair are nil, I would say.
In over 30 years cleaning tea, coffee, **** ash and other, shall we say, unidentified substances
As I posted it's not so much the liquid as the mess it leaves behind if you don't get to it quickly enough. Bunging a tea socked mobile or whatever in a bowl of rice may suck up the liquid but if it leaves a residue behind then you can still be in trouble.
I left it overnight to dry out and the next day, it switched on again OK,mouse working fine, but the keyboard wasn't working at all.
I took it to a local repair shop, who charged me £60 for 'diagnostics' (:rolleyes:), concluded that the keyboard was knackered (:rolleyes:) and then charged £40 for a new keyboard. £100 total.
Of course, as soon as it was fixed, I looked up the price of a new keyboard and it's £18.99, so I was basically ripped off, but it was still cheaper than buying a new computer.
Did you look at the policy terms and conditions and did they specifically say laptops aren't included?