That sucks. The good news is that it might not be dead, as stuff like that isn't as affected by water as most folks believe. The biggest problem is that the water is dirty and probably conductive, which can cause problems.
As Jack mentioned the electrolytic caps and transformers would possibly take on water, but 1) you probably don't have transformers in it and 2) even if you do, water shouldn't harm one very much. The capacitors, on the other hand, can be destroyed by water getting in and shorting out the plates. I would take it apart pretty completely and remove the battery. Then, rinse the boards, connectors, etc. really really well with distilled water. I'd probably go so far as to get a bucket and a few gallons of water and dunk them, just briefly. Then, bake the boards in a preheated oven at 170 or around there, however low it'll go, but do it for quite a few hours. Put a baking sheet on the rack below the components to shield them from direct radiation from the element. Then cool it off and try again. No promises, but if you can drive out any water that's in the caps it might work. That's actually the only thing I can think of that would cause issues like this. On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 11:25 AM Tilghman Lesher <[email protected]> wrote: > Anybody have a source for a tinkerer who does electronics repair? > Last weekend, during the torrential downpour, I had a UPS in the > basement go through a flood. Miraculously, it seems to still be fine > in terms of running off the battery, but the thing won't charge. I > tried some rudimentary cleaning of the parts which were underwater, > using isopropyl alcohol and a soft bristled brush, but I'm beyond my > expertise at this point. > > It's honestly probably either a 5 minute repair or a 5-minute > diagnosis that it's dead, but I lack the expertise to do that. > > -- > Tilghman > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. [email protected] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
