so, i gotta be the only effen jerk #$@

[myblock175]

i dropped 2 in my tank because of a f'd up hanging kit job

 

[tomtoothdoc]

We're they ALL blind? Or just your wife? LOL!!!!!!!!

no my wife isn't blind.....she just has a lazy eye that drifts away every now and then.....and i thought i told you not to bring that up. she's a little sensitive about it....:lol2:

 

[masterswimmer]

Joe, first and foremost, DO NOT POWER UP THE UNIT. That is when you can fry the circuits. If you follow any one of the above remedy's you might be able to salvage the light.

I've never heard of submerging the electronics into an alcohol bath, but that doesn't mean someone else hasn't had success with it. Absolutely have tried blow dryers, rice and Q-Tips, successfully.

Good luck, keep us posted,

Russ

 

[thirty6]

Thanks Russ, I'll report back later tonight

 

[piranhapat]

I agree with Masterswimmer. I drop Kessil while it was on. It smoked and went out. I let it dry out for over two weeks and blow dried it a few times. I pluged it in and it worked.

 

[Nottick]

Joe, first and foremost, DO NOT POWER UP THE UNIT. That is when you can fry the circuits. If you follow any one of the above remedy's you might be able to salvage the light.

I've never heard of submerging the electronics into an alcohol bath, but that doesn't mean someone else hasn't had success with it. Absolutely have tried blow dryers, rice and Q-Tips, successfully.

Good luck, keep us posted,

Russ

The alcohol displaces all of the water (plus doesn't conduct electricity from what I understand) it helps clean any salt residue and dries without residue. Hs worked for me.

 

[baktabiznis]

That's another reason I like having a top on my tanks

 

[heylauren]

I feel for you!

 

[Affordable Aquatic]

Ok, I have some experience with washing electronics (literally with water and a sponge). Water alone will not necessarily fry your light, but the salt will definitely corrode it. The alcohol concept is not bad, but do not use rubbing alcohol. The idea is that alcohol is hygroscopic and might displace and absorb the water in your light, but rubbing alcohol already contains water, oil and sometimes perfumes.

Plain old RODI would be the best solvent to get the salt off the circuits. Once you have thoroughly rinsed the light you need to begin to dry it out. Put it someplace and forget about it for a week or two. Point a desk lamp at it and put a fan on it and it will eventually dry out. Provided the circuits didnt fry when it was initially submerged you should be able to use the light again. Remember that transformers and certain components will absorb water, so this might be a lengthy process.

When I was younger a TV studio I used to work at would wash all the audio mixing consoles with mild soap and water to remove oxidization and prevent crackling sounds when used. We would leave them in the studio with lights on them for a week or two with a fan for circulation and the $100K consoles would always work just fine when put back into service.

Most circuit boards are washed during the manufacturing process and provided they are completely dried when put back into service are just fine.

 

[Aquadicted]

Ok, I have some experience with washing electronics (literally with water and a sponge). Water alone will not necessarily fry your light, but the salt will definitely corrode it. The alcohol concept is not bad, but do not use rubbing alcohol. The idea is that alcohol is hygroscopic and might displace and absorb the water in your light, but rubbing alcohol already contains water, oil and sometimes perfumes.

Plain old RODI would be the best solvent to get the salt off the circuits. Once you have thoroughly rinsed the light you need to begin to dry it out. Put it someplace and forget about it for a week or two. Point a desk lamp at it and put a fan on it and it will eventually dry out. Provided the circuits didnt fry when it was initially submerged you should be able to use the light again. Remember that transformers and certain components will absorb water, so this might be a lengthy process.

When I was younger a TV studio I used to work at would wash all the audio mixing consoles with mild soap and water to remove oxidization and prevent crackling sounds when used. We would leave them in the studio with lights on them for a week or two with a fan for circulation and the $100K consoles would always work just fine when put back into service.

Most circuit boards are washed during the manufacturing process and provided they are completely dried when put back into service are just fine.

Great info thx

 

[OCCofNY.com]

Ok, I have some experience with washing electronics (literally with water and a sponge). Water alone will not necessarily fry your light, but the salt will definitely corrode it. The alcohol concept is not bad, but do not use rubbing alcohol. The idea is that alcohol is hygroscopic and might displace and absorb the water in your light, but rubbing alcohol already contains water, oil and sometimes perfumes.

Plain old RODI would be the best solvent to get the salt off the circuits. Once you have thoroughly rinsed the light you need to begin to dry it out. Put it someplace and forget about it for a week or two. Point a desk lamp at it and put a fan on it and it will eventually dry out. Provided the circuits didnt fry when it was initially submerged you should be able to use the light again. Remember that transformers and certain components will absorb water, so this might be a lengthy process.

When I was younger a TV studio I used to work at would wash all the audio mixing consoles with mild soap and water to remove oxidization and prevent crackling sounds when used. We would leave them in the studio with lights on them for a week or two with a fan for circulation and the $100K consoles would always work just fine when put back into service.

Most circuit boards are washed during the manufacturing process and provided they are completely dried when put back into service are just fine.

I agree with the RODI soak. I dropped a cell phone in coffee once and it immediately stopped working. Then I remembered what my H20 friend had told me about RODI and how it attracts foreign material away from whatever is put in it. I put my phone in the RODI for a couple of hours, drained it out and placed it in fresh RODI again for a couple more hours. Then let drain completely, making sure to rotate it in all directions to drain . Left it in front of a fan for a day and to my surprize it worked. Its been a couple of days since you dropped the light so the salt may have begun to do its damage but at this point can't hurt. Good luck, Neil

 

[nyoneway]

dropped my fuge led in the refugium and worked fine after it dried..

 

[Nottick]

I use the rice method to dry...

 

[thirty6]

I had it in bag with rice. Ai customer service suggested sending it to them to be looked at. If needs new circuit board they would put it in, no cost was discussed yet though