June 15, 20179 yr I absent-mindedly left my spare Unraid USB flash drive in my dress shirt pocket when I threw my shirt into the washing machine. It went along with my shirt through a complete hot wash cycle. It was a white shirt, so to make matters worse for the flash drive, I had added chlorine bleach to the wash. Believe it or not, it came out none the worse for wear. Reminds me of the old Timex watch commercials; "It takes a licking but keeps on ticking."
June 15, 20179 yr I had a mobile phone go through a full wash once, left it in the airing cupboard afterwards and it was fine once dried out.
June 15, 20179 yr 46 minutes ago, Woodpusherghd said: Believe it or not, it came out none the worse for wear. I'd recommend planning on replacing it anyway, Sometimes corrosion takes a little time to show up and disable electronics. A hot detergent and bleach bath may have left chemical residue that is slowly doing bad things.
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