Sansa Clip+ laundered and restored

[davelant]

Left it in my pants in the washing machine.  Dead at first, after drying for weeks it would boot and reboot continuously on a short cycle, not functional at all.  I dowsed it in pure isopropyl alcohol for about half an hour to dissolve the water remaining inside, then dried it in the hot sun.  Works great now.

[HankJW]

Drying in the hot sun.
Surely a great idea. You do know why there are safety labels on batteries, saying you shall not expose it to high temperatures, right?

[[Saint]]

Unless he lives in the Sahara, or left it under a Fresnel lens, it should be fine.

LiPos can easily reach operating temperatures of ~60C (that's ~140F for you crazy Imperial types), and the failure range well exceeds this.
"Hot" to you or I, humans in general, is often well within the safe operating range of most electronics.

I feel I should note, though, that the alcohol would've evaporated off entirely in a matter of minutes at an average room temperature.


[Saint]