O Ring Seals for HDR-AS15

[phbrook7532]

I recently bought an action camera for a diving holiday and was concerned about damaging the seal on the waterproof housing. I have discovered that Sony do not supply spare seals even though the insructions state they have a life of around a year. The only solution offered was to purchase a new housing. A bit of experimentation and I have found that a 40mm inside diameter by 2mm cross section nitrile O ring is a perfect replacement for the original. I bought 10 for £3.99 including postage from Ebay so now I have spares in case the original gets damaged or breaks

[mihkyr]

very good advice  , thanks

more details about the means of getting these o rings would be helpfull.

I have a question of my own..  i bought the action cam on the 5th of june and used it for diving a few times with very satisfactory results,,

on my fifth dive with the cam though , no more than 25 m deep ,  the case got  water in it and the cam was damaged completely 😞 ,,,   lucky me i had purchased an extra replacement insurance from the retail store o got tha cam , so the next day i took it to them and it was replaced immediately with a new one..

I am worried now about what to do so it does not happen again,,  the cam and the case were new ,  everytime after the dive i carefully rinced the case with fresh water and wiped it and also i was very carefull while inserting the cam and sealing the case...

Another thng i noticed is that the special front for diving that i also purchased , had also gotten water in it self,, (seems to be two parts sealed together..

I would be gratefull for any advice about preventing this from happening again,

Michael , Rhodes island , Greece

[johnohuk]

I dived with mine to 42m last year no problems but in September it flooded in 23m in the sea.... rinsed it/dryed it out and no probs, worked again... I was lucky... Dived again at the weekend in fresh water to 28m and it flooded...groan... fingers crossed.. it will work again..

[johnohuk]

Rinsed it out again, left in the heating cupboard for three days and fine....just took it to the Red Sea diving and had no problems.. 

https://vimeo.com/90581529: https://vimeo.com/90581529

This was with new orings as suggested here... from ebay....