Water leakage into a Polar S150
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Tikal Dog posted 2 years ago.
This happened to me 3 weeks ago in my last tri of the season, sadly enough mine got saltwater and was a s720i.
If you had the battery replaced by an authorized Polar service center they should be responsible for not sealing the monitor correctly. if you had the battery replaced elsewhere......you are screwed cause the polar warranty ends if you do that.
You shoul send your monitor to an authorized polar service center ASAP as they can still save your monitor.
In my case the salt water entered the watch because I accidentaly pressed a button and didn't know i should take it to the polar service center. After a couple of hours the watch died and i had it under the sun for a couple of days hoping the water woulod evaporize. After 9 days the monitor only recovered the "beep" when I pressed buttons. I thought i had lost it completly so I decided to open it myself and see if placing it under the sun under a pirex would help.
When I opened it i could see rust in a corner so I took a q-tip and alcohol and cleaned it carefully. At night the screen was displaying the time again and by the next day the watch was aparently back to normal. Saddly it never read my HR again nor conected to my pc again.
I took it to Polar service center and told them exactly what happened and what I had done. They told me that if I would have taken the monitor to them the next day it got wet....then they would probably be able to have it reparied.
Because of waiting the salt water damaged some components.
Take it to your nearest Polar service center. and let them take a look at it. You are lucky that it wasn't salt water but you should have it checked soon before rust starts to build up.
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ht001 posted 2 years ago.
Yeah, if you didn't have an authorized Polar repair place do the battery replacement on the older models you're done. Although you might be able to get it repaired.
As TikalDog suggests send to Authorized Polar repair center. Go to polarusa.com to get the info on where to send to and to print required forms to send with the monitor. On one of those forms there should be a note about a discounted upgrade program that would allow a certain percentage off the purchase of another Polar. That's kind of nice if you decide you don't want to put the $$ into repairing your current one.
FWIW, newer Polar models are made such that you can replace the batteries yourself.
Help! The battery on my Polar S150 died, so I had it replaced. Got in the pool this morning and water leaked inside. I am now searching for a screwdriver small enough to open up the darn' thing and get the water out. Anybody else ever experience anything like this? Is my watch basically a worthless paper weight now? Do I add an upgraded Polar to the Christmas list? Help!
Thanks.