USB flash drives and water.

[Colin Law]

On Sat, 31 Dec 2022 at 14:53, Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I have a couple of USB flash drives that *might* have gone in the washing machine a few days ago. They seem to be bone dry.
>
> I am wondering - can I risk connecting them up to a computer to see if they are still working? Or should I do something else? I have a USB extension lead - would that be of help?

I think USB is supposed to be short circuit protected, but if you had
a powered usb hub you could plug it in that first to make sure it
didn't go bang.
Then I would move on the cheapest device you have, maybe an old pi
zero for example.

Colin

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> Ian
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