# Can my camera be saved? (It got wet)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-camera-be-saved-it-got-wet/986872>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 10, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-camera-be-saved-it-got-wet/986872 "2023-07-10T20:13:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-camera-be-saved-it-got-wet/986872/1 "2023-07-10T20:13:41Z")

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I brought my DSLR camera with me to Ireland last week. As I guess is kind of typical of weather in the British Isles, I got caught in a rain shower, and as a result the camera got wet. Now the camera will not turn on. Literally nothing happens when I turn the switch to “on”. I was hoping it would come back to life after it dried out – I had that happen with a different camera, but it has been almost a week so I figure if that was going to happen it would have by now. I tried charging the battery just to be certain it was fully charged, and that made no difference. So, is there anything else I can try, or is it completely dead? Would it be worth trying a new battery, in case it was actually the battery that got destroyed by the water and not the camera itself? Right now I just have the one battery for it, so I would have to purchase another one if I were to try that.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-camera-be-saved-it-got-wet/986872/2 "2023-07-10T23:51:08Z")

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Unfortunately, if your camera is fully dry turning it on i about the worst thing you can do to it. That can fry the circuitry when a wet device is turned on.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-camera-be-saved-it-got-wet/986872/3 "2023-07-11T01:47:11Z")

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Yeah, sounds like all the smoke got out.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-camera-be-saved-it-got-wet/986872/4 "2023-07-11T11:03:00Z")

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Sorry, I should have written

> if your camera ISN’T fully dry, turning it on is about the worst thing you can do to it.