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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C23182.20469000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> Looking like it sank yesterday, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ... >> a diver can find a photocopy >> machine, a water fountain (we call this a bubbler in the >> Midwest), a cold drinks dispenser (coke machine), >Bet you found it still working ? >Matthias We dived a wreck (Mercedes) near Boca, Florida quite a number of years = ago where one diver and his partner recovered the gigantic Holland SSB = radio that was lying in the sand next to the wreck. I assume some = previous divers had unbolted it?? The wreck had been down for about a = week. He took the radio home and washed it out with fresh water and = alcohol. After drying he plugged in power and it worked (at least on = receive). There's something to be said about good conformal coatings and = sealed parts in marine electronics. I had a researcher bring a laptop to my lab that they had just = completely submerged in seawater (while jumping wakes on one of the = runabouts). I poured seawater out of the thing. I was on my way out to = teach a class so with little time I flushed it under the faucet with = freshwater, rinsed it with alcohol, and set it on the counter to drip = and dry. It worked for a month before the hard-disk controller failed. = However if you drop a single drop of water in a Nikonos SB102 strobe the = thing almost blows up.=20 -Doug ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C23182.20469000 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>>> Looking like it sank yesterday, the = U.S. Coast=20 Guard Cutter<BR>...<BR>>> a diver can find a photocopy<BR>>> = machine, a water fountain (we call this a bubbler in the<BR>>> = Midwest), a=20 cold drinks dispenser (coke machine),<BR><BR><BR>>Bet you found it = still=20 working ?<BR>>Matthias</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>We dived a wreck (Mercedes) near = Boca,=20 Florida quite a number of years ago where one diver and his=20 partner recovered the gigantic Holland SSB radio that was lying in = the sand=20 next to the wreck. I assume some previous divers had unbolted it?? The = wreck had=20 been down for about a week. He took the radio home and washed it out = with fresh=20 water and alcohol. After drying he plugged in power and it = worked (at=20 least on receive). There's something to be said about good conformal = coatings=20 and sealed parts in marine electronics.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I had a researcher bring a laptop to my = lab that=20 they had just completely submerged in seawater (while jumping wakes on = one of=20 the runabouts). I poured seawater out of the thing. I was on = my way=20 out to teach a class so with little time I flushed it under the = faucet with=20 freshwater, rinsed it with alcohol, and set it on the counter to drip = and dry.=20 It worked for a month before the hard-disk controller failed. However if = you=20 drop a single drop of water in a Nikonos SB102 strobe the thing almost = blows up.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2>-Doug</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></H TML> ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C23182.20469000-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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