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Aquastop Protective Spray Ref: 290017
Every yachtsman needs to apply this amazing new spray to their mobile phone, GPS or any electronic devices on board or even at home. The spray places a barrier between the water & the Printed Circuit Board, so if your phone or GPS is dropped into water, all you need to do is take out the battery, shake out the excess water, allow the phone to dry, and then it can be powered up again to use. Only one application is needed for the life of the phone, although we suggest that you reapply each season or after it has been submerged in water. It only takes a few seconds to apply the spray to the PCB, & it can be used to prevent moisture problems with outboards and other electronic equipment on board too.


Price: £8.95 Including VAT at 17.5%

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You can achieve the same result with hairspray. Just open up any electronic device and spray on the circuit boards. Same for the back of a switch panel.

This spray will probably be the same thing, only "marinised" (=one zero added to the price)
 
We found that at the boatshow in Earl Court 3 years ago, maybe more. Sometimes it pays to read Yachting Monthly /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

It works pretty well, the guy demoing it had a 240 volt light bulb (low wattage so it didn't get hot) and kept it in a fish tank to prove that it would let the leccy to the bulb, but not the water to the leccy. I used it on my phone, and then had a splurge behind the LCD (so best not to spray the LCD on a GPS with it), but I never used my phone under water!..It got wet a few times and it still worked...I use it mostly for my cameras...and the hotshoe on top.

It lasts for ages /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I wouldn't trust it myself. Parts such as the display, keypad switches, sockets etc can't be sealed with a spray. It can not seal anything that requires an electrical connection or mechanical movement.

Serious electronic kit designed for a rough environment usually comes with laquered boards. Much military electronics is just so, but interestingly the mil specs and the manufacturers spend a great deal of time, money and effort sealing the kit, incorporating internal moisture reducers and preventing water ingress in the first place.
 
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Serious electronic kit designed for a rough environment usually comes with laquered boards. Much military electronics is just so, but interestingly the mil specs and the manufacturers spend a great deal of time, money and effort sealing the kit, incorporating internal moisture reducers and preventing water ingress in the first place.

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Yep and the stuff's a real pain if you have to repair the electronics /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
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Does anyone repair this sort of equipment? It's all circuit board and little else

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I do, there is nothing to beat the hours of fun digging through the various coatings with dremels, chisels and scalpels just to get to a chip. After a couple of hours digging and cleaning, you fit the new bit just to find it was a different chip causing the fault,

out with the dremel again.

We repair all our boards to component level, I have often had to repair tracks on multi layer boards too, now that really is where the fun starts.
 
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