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Old 09-26-2009 | 10:44 PM
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today i ran my teu101bk through a whole heap of water and funilly enough, IT STOPPED WORKING.

to fix it you need to take it apart by pushing the tabs that hold it together in.

Then all you need to d is put the covers and the esc itself into a warm dry place for about half an hour.

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Old 09-27-2009 | 10:04 AM
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I did the same thing to my 101BK although it went in ocean water so I had to rinse it in clean cold water and do a little light scrubbing with an old toothbrush to get all the sand and salt out before I let it air dry. Still works great afterwards!
Old 09-27-2009 | 11:36 AM
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put it in ziplock bag full of un cooked rice. will dry out
Old 09-27-2009 | 11:38 AM
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ORIGINAL: OGsandman

put it in ziplock bag full of un cooked rice. will dry out
Or just put it in your fridge (apart) for a day or so to get all the moisture out. And why the fridge, the cold dry air sucks the moisture out of stuff (and thats why we put plastic wrap on things so they dont turn into freeze dried food [X(]
Old 09-27-2009 | 06:00 PM
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yeah i just chucked mine in the hot water cupboard and now its dry as.

If ur smart (like me) and learn from your mistakes then you will take steps to ensure that it doesnt happen again.

I waterproofed mine by putting a bead of hot glue around all the joins in the case and squished the glue into any othe gaps there was.

Its now totally water proof. YEAH!! Now i can drive my car under waterLOL!!<br type="_moz" />
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I did a little mod before i got it wet as you can see in the pics.<div>
</div><div>I got some of my motor heatsink, cut off a little bit, flattened it out and glued it onto the crappy old one.</div><div>
</div><div>It never gets hot any more, only like 15-20 degrees celcius.</div>
Old 09-28-2009 | 02:12 AM
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ORIGINAL: plasmaedge

I did a little mod before i got it wet as you can see in the pics.<div>
</div><div>I got some of my motor heatsink, cut off a little bit, flattened it out and glued it onto the crappy old one.</div><div>
</div><div>It never gets hot any more, only like 15-20 degrees celcius.</div>

looks good. what glue did you use?
Old 09-28-2009 | 06:34 AM
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some glue called 2 part or epoxy.

The one then u mix 2 diff chemicals together and it mixes togeteher and kinda smells.<br type="_moz" />

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