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Title: SD cards got wet
Post by: TIM B on October 22, 2018, 06:31:38 AM
Forgot to take out of pocket and got ran through the washer.  Are they toast or they ok?
My dad was right - life's tougher when yer stoopid
Tim B
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: Roger Norris on October 22, 2018, 06:36:41 AM
Try them and see. They might be ok. I would think a dryer cycle would be worse for them.

As an aside,I have a helluva time keeping SD cards functional. Any brand you guys are using that work well? I end up with a drawer full that won't work, but I'm paranoid to throw them out because I'm not sure what is on them. I don't think they are made for the wide temperature and humidity swings that trailcams put them through.
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: Roy from Pa on October 22, 2018, 06:37:09 AM
LMAO..

Reminds me of the time I ran my wallet through the washer.

Poof, all vehicle owners cards gone and insurance card gone.

Talk about laundering money:)

Your dad and my dad were right, Tim.

:laughing:
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: TIM B on October 22, 2018, 06:43:24 AM
Ya I have a lotta examples to prove it Roy lol

Roger I been using the red white and blue colored cards from Walmart with no issues.  My cards were in a small ziplock that leaked so they got wet and stayed wet haha
Tim B
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: Bvas on October 22, 2018, 06:51:06 AM
Throw them in a ziplock with some rice for a few days. The rice will absorb any moisture. You may lose the pics on them, but cards should still be functional.
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: achigan on October 22, 2018, 08:11:24 AM
I'm a retired newspaper photog. I laundered more SD cards than I can remember. They should be fine. Try the baggie/rice thing after patting them dry. Test them before using of course. Sandisk  is highly rated.
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: John Cholin on October 22, 2018, 05:15:10 PM
One day I was clearing sticks and such out of the creek that flows through my place and the leather wallet I carry all my SD cards fell out of my pocket and took a trip down stream.  Took me half an hour to find it.  I laid the SD cards on the hood of the Jeep in the sun for half an hour.  They have all worked great since.  I use the Scandisk SD cards from Staples.

Best Regards,

JMC
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: BrushWolf on October 22, 2018, 07:28:45 PM
Mine got washed and then ran through the clothes dryer. It's working right as we speak.
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: katman on October 23, 2018, 06:02:46 AM
No problem when mine got wet also.

Roger, try cleaning the leads with alcohol when cards won't read.
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: TIM B on October 23, 2018, 06:12:23 AM
Thanks guys - they packed in rice!
Tim B
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: BAK on October 23, 2018, 08:53:53 AM
I've done the same thing, once dried they will be fine.
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: Basinboy on October 23, 2018, 11:01:30 AM
I've lost some for a month in the woods and they still worked fine.
Now I lost my zip pouch full of cards in a cut corn field 3 years ago. The farmer sent me a pic this summer of a torn and tattered pouch asking if it looked familiar, cards still in it unharmed   :scared:
I will check them out when I make the trip north to Kansas in a couple weeks  :biglaugh:
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: Don Stokes on October 26, 2018, 10:35:49 AM
I had chickens for several years. I had a camera set up on the pen to see what predators were coming around. I apparently dropped a card while changing out the camera, and didn't notice it. I would let the chickens out during the day to free range. A while later I was hosing out the inside of the chicken house, and found a card, label gone. I washed it off, and I'm still using that same card now, years later. I refer to it as "old faithful". It still functions after going through a chicken, so I think yours will be all right.  :biglaugh:

Predators eventually ate all my chickens, and I gave up on keeping them.
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: Roy from Pa on October 26, 2018, 10:50:28 AM
Don, I'm not touching that one..

LOL

:laughing:
Title: Re: SD cards got wet
Post by: Don Stokes on October 26, 2018, 11:30:08 AM
Roy, I had misgivings, but I had to find out if the card still worked! I washed it with soap and water, figuring I couldn't hurt it at that point.