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 Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 7:48:21 PM on 23 January 2019.
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 GTC
 Location: Sydney, NSW
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My Emtec 32 GB flash drive accidentally swam through a full (cold) wash cycle today and somehow survived the ordeal.
 
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 Marcc
 Location: Wangaratta, VIC
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Been there done that with same brand: A lot of those zips are actually sealed & water proof. Probably to survive sweaty pockets & various other methods people use to try to drown & kill them.

Its normally only some people that can be brainwashed using just a light rinse.
 
 Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 1:37:34 PM on 24 January 2019.
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 Ian Robertson
 Location: Belrose, NSW
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Newly assembled SMD PCBs are washed in water (in a dishwasher actually!) at our contract assembler.
So that does not surprise me at all.

What often breaks electronics is gunk gets washed under a crystal, stays damp and stops or shifts the oscillator.
 
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