Camera Dryer

[twinsrus]

Saw this on a geek site. Any comments? Anybody tried this?

Rice can salvage wet electronics. After I fell into a stream in Cambodia, my digital camera wouldn't work. Someone suggested leaving the camera in a bag of rice overnight to draw out any condensation. Sure enough, the next morning it was dry and working perfectly.

MacGyver lives! I love it! If anyone out there tries this out, please let me know!

Please note: you should use uncooked rice, not cooked rice. Duh!

[liquefied]

I'm sure it works just fine. It's the same thing as leaving it out in the air to dry, just works a little faster.

[GyRob]

long grain or short ?
Rob.

[rharper83]

PIlau! ;)

(PS, I heard Egg fried works well too!)

[captainbk]

That is an old trick in Florida......put a few grains of rice in your salt shaker to keep the salt dry and flowing. Not sure how it works but it does.

[John_B]

Uh, no thanks I will just put it next to my dehumidifier :)
A couple of years ago I had dropped my Canon A300 (P&S) into the water (from a canoe in a lake) and after 10min I finally got it out (I got wet too), took the batteries out and CF card out and when I got home I put it in front of my dehumidifier for 24 hrs. It still works as good as new, not that its worth much :lol:
However if I was in Cambodia the dehumidifier might not be an option? ???

[gparvan]

That is an old trick in Florida......put a few grains of rice in your salt shaker to keep the salt dry and flowing. Not sure how it works but it does.

Cuz:
I think both sides of the argument are correct. Indeed, the grains of rice will tend to "knock
the lumps out of the salt." So would small glass beads. However, the porous starch structure of
well dried rice is also very attractive to moisture by virtue of hydrogen bonds that can form
between water molecules and the -OH groups in the starch matrix. Thus, dried starch grains make a
fairly decent desiccating agent.

got it from:
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen01/gen01420.htm

[Titus213]

Great, I live in the wet northwest. Does that mean I should add a 50 pound bag of rice to my camera bag?:lol:

[Glenn NK]

No, living in the Pacific NW (where I do to) we need to use 100 lb bags.

[rowdyred94]

Great, I live in the wet northwest. Does that mean I should add a 50 pound bag of rice to my camera bag?:lol:
LOL! Time for that new jumbo backpack.

[gparvan]

Great, I live in the wet northwest. Does that mean I should add a 50 pound bag of rice to my camera bag?:lol:

Maybe down there on the river, but up here in Seattle we use rice cakes!!! :p

[Titus213]

Maybe down there on the river, but up here in Seattle we use rice cakes!!! :p

Yeah, you guys in Seattle always have to be a bit more sophisticated...:lol: