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Tips For When Your Senior Citizen Cell Phone Gets Wet



If you have just purchased a senior citizen cell phone, and it is your first cellular device, you should be prepared for the possibility of water damage. If your large button cell phone gets wet, you must act immediately or you might ruin the device permanently. Water damage to your senior cell phone could short-circuit or erode the fragile electrical components within the casing of the device.

This is especially dangerous with ocean water and pool water, because the salt and chlorine are very corrosive. When your senior citizen cell phone gets wet you might think that blow drying it would be a good idea, but it's actually not. Any heat added to the already wet large button cell phone could possibly increase the damage or corrosion.

There are people who specialize in treating water damage, though, and they are the best people to take a senior cell phone to when it is damaged this way. If you get the phone to them right away, they can take it apart, clean it delicately, and assess the damage. Here are some other helpful hints for when your senior citizen cell phone gets wet: * Don't turn on the senior cell phone - it could immediately short out. * Remove the large button cell phone battery immediately. * Remember - the phone may seem dry, but the inside circuit board is wet. * Use a plastic baggie and ship it to a specialist immediately.



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