Wet battery

[Graeme43]

Hi

Well as accidents happen my 1.5 year old MacBooks battery got wet in a spill last night and it had 90% something charge in it, but now when I press the button none of the lights light up to say it has charge. I don't really know if the battery is now considered dead or what... has anyone got experience on this? I can't really find anything on this other than whole laptops getting wet!

Any idea if its dead? I'm paranoid that it might fry the MacBook if I put it in to see if it still works

Thanks

 

[unixfool]

IMO, I'd just start looking for a new battery. And don't test the battery by putting it in any Macbook, unless you want gamble on a Macbook.

12 hours isn't usually enough time for enclosed electronics to dry out, either. There hasn't been too many wet batteries that magically begun to work, in my experience, even 3 days later. A battery is considered an electrical component after all, even with chemicals inside.

 

[SFStateStudent]

New battery and a visit to the Apple Store, to make sure nothing else is fried! Be careful.