700 dollar camera VS stove burner

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Re: 700 dollar camera VS stove burner

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J T wrote:Did the stove fry any of the electronics? You said it wouldn't turn on, so even if they aren't warped and melted, I wonder if they have still been damaged from the heat.
I'm kind of leaning towards this as well. If you were able to get the battery compartment door open to replace batteries and the camera still didn't work; I doubt replacing any of the other plastics on the camera would have much of an effect.
Got a feeling camera wasn't the only thing that burned that night. :D

Agree, before investing on parts maybe temporarily attach an electrical contact; maybe wires or piece of flat conductive metal in place of the door to see if camera still works.

Door replacement would probably mean tearing down the whole case, an unexplored possibly damaging expensive territory.

You could go the Macgyver route.

If I can picture the compartment door correctly, all you need is small flat brass contact to jumper across ends of batteries to complete the circuit. Not as elegant but maybe a flat piece of brass, copper or aluminum topped with plastic and self tapping screws? Careful where screws drill into camera. Locktight the screws slightly loose. Notch the screw holes of the plate, so you can slide improvised door out of the way to change batteries.

Okay, maybe girlfriend may be even more angry of outcome but if trimmed right might be an inexpensive fix.
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Re: 700 dollar camera VS stove burner

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Thank you, that is a fantastic idea. I had considered that the electronics could be fried. this was only on the burner for long enough to melt the plastic, and it was on very very low heat. it was hot when i picked it up but i think theres a decent chance that it didnt mess anything up too bad. if what crtgamer suggests doesnt help maybe i'll take the thing apart to see how bad it actually is.
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You' re welcome, the real thanks will be the post if it works, let us know, good luck.
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Hopefully it does. if not, my girlfriend can buy a new camera, having learned a valuable lesson: Jager bombs, digital cameras and stoves do not go well together.
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If she is reading that, might start another stove fire! :D
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hah, her reading this website let alone the message board just seems almost impossible to me.
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Only the Canon service Center can help you with that. Bring your thing to them and explain what had just happen. You don't even like of repairing it by yourself as if everything will get worsened.
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Re: 700 dollar camera VS stove burner

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Okay, so i got the battery case open and lined it with Aluminum...by the time I had reclosed the lid (about 10 seconds) it smelled like burning plastic and got rather warm....I think this thing is toast. A long shoot indeed, but if anyone knows what could possibly fix this, I'd love to hear it!!!
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Lined it with aluminum? Did you mean just across the two batteries on the melted door side?
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Re: 700 dollar camera VS stove burner

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I would hope that's what he did. If he lined the whole battery compartment with aluminum, then he's shorting the battery. This would heat the aluminum and get it warm. Potentially, it could start a fire.
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