so i woke up yesterday to find my accurite thermometer (the 15 dollar one at walmart) submerged in my bp's water bowl. (it was my fault, i forgot to put it back in its place after i put put his cage back) not functioning at all. so at first i was a little bummed cause i thought i'd have to buy a new one, but then i remembered a friend who jumped in the lake with his camera in his pocket. he then put it in the oven for a little while on low temp and it worked again. so i thought hell, why not try it. I put it in the oven at 170 for about 5 min.
took it out...(slightly warped from the heat), let it cool down and dry out for a while, put a new battery in it and walla...it worked again.
not sure if this was an isolated incident, but if your guys' dig equipment becomes water logged, try putting it in oven one low temp for short period adn see what happens.

just thought i'd share...