When the makers of the Ultrasonic cleaner said watches, they most certainly did not mean Electronic Watches with gyroscopes and all sorts of sensors.
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Ultrasonic Cleaning = No more Activate on Wrist Raise?
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I also work in aviation as an avionics engineer (small world
). Are any of the PCBs that you are washing in ultrasonic cleaning baths fitted with MEMS accelerometers?
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Looks like OP just found a way to get a replacement watch for any reason. just throw it on an ultrasonic cleaner then take it in for replacement and act like you don't know what happened. I hope apple has a way to check for this
Just to confirm, can you put your iPhone in there too and see if it does the same thing?
Sorry dude, that sucks. Apple will probably replace it because it will be nearly impossible for them to tell what happened. Unless you tell them. But that's dishonest.
and then we wonder why
is so $$$ .... it's because people break stuff by being stupid and then sneak it into the store and make a warranty claim out of it. too bad Apple is so generous and makes everybody else pay for those people... sorry.... but this has to be 10th+ posting/comment indicating that someone should do a warranty claim because they broke the watch on their own....Even mechanical watches break under ultrasonic cleaning. It isn't good for any timepiece.
the only way to know for sure if there was no water damage from this procedure is to open up the watch and look inside. is that how you came to the conclusion that there's no water damage? it's been stated many times that the watch is not water proof just water resistant. just because some dude on youtube swam with his watch for 10 minutes and it still worked doesn't mean it wouldn't damage in ALL under water situations. if the motion sensor isn't working i'd guess you water damaged your watch or SOMETHING damaged your watch.
This is an excellent example of why you shouldn't take your watch/jewelry to the cheapo mall shop to be cleaned.
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If you took the bands off couldn't fluid have got in through the diagnostic port? I know the fluid should be safe for electronics but it appears the strap functions to seal these ports when in normal use on your wrist or am I looking at it wrong?
I can't believe my eyes, are people actually entertaining and defending this point?
Why would anyone perform this operation to a highly specialized, tuned and unknown device? Of course you shook that poor sensor and who knows what else.
Perhaps Apple will replace but why would you publicly post about it?
Why would anyone perform this operation to a highly specialized, tuned and unknown device? Of course you shook that poor sensor and who knows what else.
Perhaps Apple will replace but why would you publicly post about it?
There's no water damage as it's IPX7 water resistant, unless the OP has an ultrasonic cleaner that measures more than 1 meter deep. It's the ultrasonic, not water, that killed the watch.
Well then we have a lucky OP as there's probably no way for Apple to tell what he did.
Hmm...I wouldn't be that confident about it. You think those o-rings couldn't get gaps from the enclosure if they aren't vibrating at just the right frequency? It's certainly possible.
Obviously, the watch wasn't designed for such treatment.
Perhaps you're right. Nevertheless, they won't know unless you let the cat out of the bag that you were actually foolish enough to place it in an ultrasonic cleaner. Otherwise they'd treat it as a water ingress defect covered under the standard warranty.
Yep...would be interesting to see what the reaction is of the tech in their RMA department that tears it down. "How the hell....?"
Yep...would be interesting to see what the reaction is of the tech in their RMA department that tears it down. "How the hell....?"
They'd just dismiss it as a factory defect and think nothing of it. A certain percentage of Watches will fail due to water ingress from manufacturing defects, and they'd be replaced under the standard warranty.
No. Let a mechanical engineer reassure you, an ultrasonic cleaner will not cause an o-ring to fail. You're suggesting the vibrations can somehow deform or compress the o-ring enough to create a gap. This just wouldn't happen, the mass of the o-ring is so small that the force created by vibrating it is miniscule.
Plus, it's compressed in its gland... it's not going to turn to jelly and open up gaps...
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Dude, no. O-rings vibrate all the time. Planes, trains, cars, and, um, water pumps! The o-ring in a water pump creates a seal, not a pump. Come on guys you sound as foolish as the OP.
Plus, it's compressed in its gland... it's not going to turn to jelly and open up gaps...
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Dude, no. O-rings vibrate all the time. Planes, trains, cars, and, um, water pumps! The o-ring in a water pump creates a seal, not a pump. Come on guys you sound as foolish as the OP.