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Re: Drying out time?

Jandyt — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:38:19 GMT

If it were mine, I would whip the back off, undo the six nuts that hohd the PCB in, tale out the contact membrane and clean it with Isopropanol. Twenty minutes tops!

Andy T.

Re: Drying out time?

Christian — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:32:06 GMT

The most importaint thing is that the liquid (the wine) was not sweet. If you spill liquid containing sugar you must quickly rinse under water, as sugar will cause a short circuit.

If it was a dry white wine, just make sure it is completely dry. I would rather miss it for a week, than I would risk using it untill it is dry. I would do what Lee suggest but repeat the circle 3 times. The rice might also work.

Re: Drying out time?

darioazul — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:10:44 GMT

Dear All:

Rice. Put the device without the battery in rice. It serves as nice drying agent, soaking up the moisture.

Dario

Re: Drying out time?

9 LEE — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:14:55 GMT

First thing i'd have done is get the hoover out and hold the 'crevice tool' over the buttons! This usually sucks out most of the remaining liquid..

Then, lay it on a warm radiator for a day - then leave it for a day.

Then, cross your fingers!

I'm sure there are more technical answers, and probably correct ones! - but that's my opinion for what it's worth.

Lee

Drying out time?

Calvin — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:56:54 GMT

Well, I have... um... er... a friend, who managed to stupidly knock over a glass of wine onto his Beo4 and master control panel lying on the table. The batteries were quickly removed and thankfully the vino in question was white and so no damage was done to the carpet (which is actually dark purple anyway, just in case) or anything else. To be honest, I don't think any liquid actually got into the internals, but does anyone know as to whether this it would take one day or three to my, I mean his, remote controls to dry out?