Put an M8 battery through the wash and it drained 3 bars

[Vickko]

Put an M8 battery through the wash and it drained 3 bars from the battery.

I sure the battery was fully charged before it went in.

All joking aside, I did try the battery in the camera and it shows one bar. But it did fire up the camera.

I'm re-charging it now.

I hope it is okay, I feel pretty stupid washing a $120 battery.

....Vick

 

[bmattock]

Short-circuited lithium-ion batteries can explode.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_battery#Disadvantages

I would not recommend trying to revive the battery. Bad mojo.

 

[david b]

hmmmm....

$120 battery or $5000 camera ?

 

[kuzano]

Only an idiot would wash a camera battery...

Only an idiot would wash a camera battery...

While on the other hand, me washing my Motorola G180 Cell Phone is another matter entirely. Interestingly, every function worked perfectly EXCEPT the backlight for the LCD. No phone calls in the dark, not to mention not screening phone calls in the dark.

We do these things to have wonderful things to pass on to our grandchildren... right?

 

[chikne]

hmmmm....

$120 battery or $5000 camera ?

It hurts both ways :bang:

 

[jayjee]

ouch....try sending it to leica if it's still under warranty