hschisler
Jun 29th, 2008, 9:15 am
I did some searching and founds questions similar to this one but thought I'd post this to glean any additional insight you might have.
Riding on the interstate last night in a very heavy rain the radio controls stopped functioning. I have ridden many times in rain, and in rain equally as heavy as that experienced last night. The radio was still on, but not one control would work (power, volume, mute, tuner, source selector, etc., etc.). The passenger radio controls did not work either. I pulled the fuse and it kept on playing! We disconnected our helmet leads from the Baehr intercom so we didn't have to listen to the static after we left the station's broadcast area.
When I got home I disconnected the battery and the radio quit instantly.
What I got from the other posts was this:
This happens to some radios, not to others.
It happens to some people once, and many times to others.
For some people, letting the radio dry out (no intervention) took care of the problem. For others, they had to take the stingray apart and dry the contacts, use dielectric grease, etc.
Some people have found that hitting the roundel with the hand or first fixes the issue.
Some owners had to remove the fuse inside the stingray to get it to stop.
Is there any additional wisdom to be added to this issue?
Should I be concerned that this will be my radio's new standard reaction to rain?
Riding on the interstate last night in a very heavy rain the radio controls stopped functioning. I have ridden many times in rain, and in rain equally as heavy as that experienced last night. The radio was still on, but not one control would work (power, volume, mute, tuner, source selector, etc., etc.). The passenger radio controls did not work either. I pulled the fuse and it kept on playing! We disconnected our helmet leads from the Baehr intercom so we didn't have to listen to the static after we left the station's broadcast area.
When I got home I disconnected the battery and the radio quit instantly.
What I got from the other posts was this:
This happens to some radios, not to others.
It happens to some people once, and many times to others.
For some people, letting the radio dry out (no intervention) took care of the problem. For others, they had to take the stingray apart and dry the contacts, use dielectric grease, etc.
Some people have found that hitting the roundel with the hand or first fixes the issue.
Some owners had to remove the fuse inside the stingray to get it to stop.
Is there any additional wisdom to be added to this issue?
Should I be concerned that this will be my radio's new standard reaction to rain?