Flooded Ikelite DS50 substrobe battery case and field repairs

[ghoombahds]

Dos anyone kno if this is possible to fix this by sing the local electronic's wizards in a developing country like Indonesia? We're in Slawesi with 3 weeks to go andone of the stobes is flooded...

thanks!
ghoom

 

[alijtaylor]

Hi Ghoom
I flooded mine (with fesh water in the camera tank) in PNG and after drying with a hair dryer it worked for several weeks till the corrosion caused one of the springs to detatch, now I must take it to a repairer.
I have had a problem in the past and a local boy has fixed it - admittedly not third world but not posting it back to Ikelite so I would say definitely worth a try.
Finally I have only ever had one strobe and my comment would be not the end of the world if you have to dive with one not two..
Alison