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  • NeedsMoreFlux
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2017
    • 121
    • California
    #21
    Re: Say you got a free PSU from outside... and it was raining

    I had a wall wart, the kind with the black plastic shell. The thing got filled with water. I opened it and it with a hack saw. it was full of water and rust.

    I was thinking about fixing it, but I found another one with the same voltage. Now it's in my pile of spare parts!
    Disclaimer: Don't trust a thing I say-I am frequently wrong!!!

    I have tons of spare parts, some used, some N.O.S. ham transistors and caps. Message me if you need any parts.

    Some of the things I've fixed:
    60" Vizio-bad LED's. iBook G4: Resoldered VCC Plug. Geo Tracker ECU: Swollen / Leaking capacitors. Windows Laptop: Soldered broken LVDS wires. Dryer: Burned contact on temp switch. Oven in R.V.: Bad contacts in relays-Exploded by the looks of them! Samsung Oven: Burned contacts on Relays. MSI Motherboard: BSOD-Swollen capacitors, bad graphics card, Moved SATA Input from SATA 1 to SATA 2 plug

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      • stj
        Great Sage 齊天大聖
        • Dec 2009
        • 30927
        • Albion
        #22
        Re: Say you got a free PSU from outside... and it was raining

        Rain or Shine - Always mine!
        that's dedicated to JunkParts - see if anybody remembers who said it!

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          • kaboom
            "Oh, Grouchy!"
            • Jan 2011
            • 2507
            • USA
            #23
            Re: Say you got a free PSU from outside... and it was raining

            I use mailing tubes as drying "tunnels" for PCBs. Fed from a small inline blower via flex duct. I temper the air @ intake w/ a small heater- air movement is important too! 55-75 CFM @ 115-125 for 3 hours minimum...

            Always get it clean before drying, especially in tube or other hi-Z ckts.
            "pokemon go... to hell!"

            EOL it...
            Originally posted by shango066
            All style and no substance.
            Originally posted by smashstuff30
            guilty,guilty,guilty,guilty!
            guilty of being cheap-made!

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