Flooded Petrel

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Jason_d

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I've recently picked up a shearwater petrel 2nd hand, and on my 1st dive its flooded. It was fine until at least 6m, that's the last time I saw it, but once I got to the bottom of the shot line, 30m or so, i could see water between the screen and the perspex front, and there was no display.

I say flood, but after the dive there was maybe 10ml of water come out from the battery compartment, so not completely full. I've left it out to dry for a couple of days, but my question is what do I do next? It is pretty dry now, do i put a battery in and try it, or do i send it back to a retailer for repair or inspection, or any other suggestions? It was a salt water flood.
 
You could try putting a battery in but good luck.

Send it in to the service center. They'll replace the board. They have to cut the depth sensor off to see if that's where the water ingress is so the board is trashed no matter what. I don't know what it's costing these days for a new board. To be honest, if the battery has been replaced, that's probably where the leak came from.

Either way it sucks to have something new to you get torched on the first dive. It's a real bummer, I hope you got a good deal on it.
 
I'd put it in a bag of dry rice for a week first. The rice will draw out the moisture. After that, give it a try. who knows.
 
I'd put it in a bag of dry rice for a week first. The rice will draw out the moisture. After that, give it a try. who knows.

Even if it works would you depend on it working long term? As painful as it would be I'd send it off for a proper repair... I'd rather spend the $$ and know it's dependable then think about a failure on a trip... YMMV...
 
What is the date of mfg?? Depending on the cause of the flood is *might* be covered under warranty.
 
If an electronic device of any kind floods during a saltwater dive the first thing that needs to be done is a thorough rinse in freshwater even if adding more water seems counter intuitive. The corrosive properties of the salt are often the biggest issue.
 
Rinse it in distilled water for several days, changing the water every couple of hours to remove the salt. Then toss it in Isopropal alchol in order to get the water out, you will have to drain and replace the alchol several times over a day or 2. Now dry it out. If it works you did good otherwise Shearwater will have to do good, but it'll be a lot easier for them to fix.

Look at buying a couple of quarts of distilled water and 2 quarts of alchol for this job.

Michael
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/teric/

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