I didn't take battery out yet. It is glued together, didn't want to break it. I'll keep it in bag of rice for today, tomorrow will try and put it in oven for lowest temp for a minute maybe even opened oven door, just in case I toast it Then I will try it out.
Are you sure? The one I have is glued together so cannot simply take it apart. Maybe its waterproof then? We'll see when I try it out
Looks like they may be waterproof - the keys mentioned are a lot older than yours: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25349
Shouldnt these be waterproof ? Keys are the kind of things that folks easily forgot before pressing 'start' on the washing machine.
Guys, you are giving me some hope! Do you think I should try it out tonight? It has been in a bag of rice since 12am. Should 20 hours be enough to test it?
Worst case: it explodes and you lose a key fob, a hand, both eyes and your sanity... /troll Seriously - worst case you fry the keyfob.
Well my sky remote survived falling into a glass of berocca and being in there for about an hour! Just opened it up, took it apart, dried it with paper towels and a gentle fan dry and it works better now than it did before - must be the added vitamins
Unless you actually need to use the key/car then I would just leave it to dry out for as long as you possibly can. I have had great luck with electronics and water, firstly by not having many accidents and when I do, always leaving them for as long as possible and immediately removing the battery (obviously not possible in your case) especially if it is something "active" like a phone. My girlfriend is a nightmare with water and things that shouldn't be in water, her old iPhone survived many baths and toilet trips. Dropping the end into lemon curd finally finished it off
I went swimming with my espace key - on the same key ring was my wow authenticator....1 out of the 2 survived the experience...
Here's one i prepared earlier DO NOT DO THIS TO YOUR KEY! Just to give you an idea on it's water-tightness; seems pretty waterproof to me, i think you'll be OK
I'd go with leaving it as long as possible, it's one thing being waterproof, but quite another surviving a washing machine. In terms of price my malfunctioning Audi key was invoiced at £349 to replace. Thankfully I wasn't paying..
Think its a bit like this which is a secure network access key i have one fore work when im offsite so i can access our servers Also those keys are meant to be water proof so fingers crossed
http://us.blizzard.com/store/search.xml?q=authenticator That is an authenticator from Blizzard. EDIT: Ninja'd by legoman and Teelzebub.... Thanks guys.. I just got ninja'd... lol