Help: Dead Uniden XS915 cordless phone

May 25, 2005 7 Replies

Hi, I did a bad thing, and dropped it into water. Half of the unit was submerged and water did enter it. I pulled it apart and dried it out for a few days by air, but it didn't work. I tried drying it out with a hair drier, but it still doesn't work.



What it does do is turn on when you press talk and make the on beep sound, but then turns off again after a few seconds as it will not respond to any input other than the talk and end buttons.



Hoping someone may have come across this and resolved it, before I go and by a new phone.



Regards, Xygt



** Water = what ???

........... Phil

Sigh, ok, I picked the phone up from the wall holder, it slipped out my hand and into a saucepan of water on the kitchen bench :-( Very dopey.

Cheers, Xygt

This has happened to us too, a few times, phone seems to have survived though :).

Cheers, Nicholas Sherlock

** When that happens, the very first thing to do is REMOVE the battery **immediately** to prevent electrolysis ( electric current flowing via the water and hence destroying components and creating a white lead oxide sludge out of the solder) .

Then just drying the unit is all you need to do.

.......... Phil

You guys have gotta stop sharing a flat!

Some of the uniden phones you can just buy the phone and charger only for use as a second phone. ie, you don't need to waste money on another base station.

Hi, all fixed. I let it dry out even longer, and it's back to life.

Thanks for all the advice.

Regards, Xygt

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