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Any electronics experts here? Tv specific. Details of issue in comments

submitted by Doglegwarrior to AskUpgoat 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 21:03:26 ago (+1/-1)     (AskUpgoat)

TV was set flat. It's about 10 years old about 2k TV curved 4k HD.

Nice TV.

It got a drip of water that landed on the screen and pooled.. I wiped it off towards the bottom best I could water got in the bottom. The mother board etc is towards the middle top. I have not turned it on I have it sitting.

What do I do now?


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[ - ] MasklessTheGreat 4 points 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 21:15:46 ago (+4/-0)

Plug that bitch in and go full send

[ - ] DitchPig 3 points 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 21:17:25 ago (+3/-0)

Get a dehumidifier, and point the exhaust at the screen. Let dry for a couple days.

Alternately you could try to get some kind of desiccant around the wet spot. Rice, or silica gel.

[ - ] Ducktalesooo000ooo 2 points 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 21:09:58 ago (+2/-0)

Spin it

The centrigible forces will pull the water ions out of the tv ions

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 22:17:20 ago (+1/-0)

[ - ] Spaceman84 1 point 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 21:54:00 ago (+1/-0)

Kill yourself.

[ - ] Sector2 1 point 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 21:35:28 ago (+1/-0)

Fix your roof.

Or ceiling. It froze one time here back in the early 90s. My friend was away and wanted me to check his house (growroom). I could hear the water when I pulled into the driveway. Top floor was ground level. Since it doesn't freeze here, and stupidity, plumbing was run through the ceiling above the top floor. It was amazing. Once the water filled the spaces between the joist, the sheetrock ceiling gave way over the kitchen, dining, & living rooms. Water was too deep to go much past the doorway, so just I turned it off at the street and left a "your house is totally flooded" message.

The moral of the story is: Stop watching jewish talmudvision.

[ - ] Peleg 1 point 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 22:35:13 ago (+1/-0)

The Real moral of the story is, "NEVER EVER EVER LEAVE @Sector2 to watch over your House!

[ - ] Sector2 0 points 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 23:03:05 ago (+0/-0)

I had my own houses to deal with, and was just doing a favor after he called me. He had actually been my US federal fugitive employee before the earthquake destroyed the town, so I wasn't charging him $10,000 per hour. He later went insane in some kind of episode, and his friends had to dismantle everything before moving him to a safe house in Colorado.

Lster I heard lithium was helping him appear kind of normal.

[ - ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic 1 point 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 21:32:17 ago (+1/-0)

What would owen do?

[ - ] i_scream_trucks 1 point 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 21:37:23 ago (+1/-0)

if hes black he would just loot another one.

[ - ] Rob3122 1 point 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 21:12:38 ago (+2/-1)

If it's not a lot of water I'd say just let it dry and give it a go tomorrow

[ - ] puremadness 0 points 5 monthsDec 5, 2024 03:54:05 ago (+0/-0)

Spray it with a hose to wash the rest of it.

[ - ] Crackinjokes 0 points 5 monthsDec 5, 2024 01:11:53 ago (+0/-0)

Just point a regular fan at it and the air in motion will get into the cracks and it will evaporate any water probably overnight. If you really want to be twice as sure put the fan right on it and leave it for 2 days and then turn it on but I don't think it's enough water to do much of anything. The only thing it might do is turn some of the edge LEDs dimmer or something and that would be noticeable in the beautiful picture that you would have so I would try to dry it out with something actively like a fan as quickly as possible. You don't need anything fancy and I wouldn't put any dehumidifying crystals or rice or anything else around it which can get powder in there and cause its own problems. I would just take a regular household fan and not a heater because you don't want to heat up all that circuitry and the screen it would take a regular household fan and I would set it in front of it and I would turn it on high just so long it doesn't knock over the screen and I would just leave it overnight maybe for two nights.

[ - ] MaryXmas 0 points 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 22:59:29 ago (+0/-0)

Well, what happened when you turned it on?

[ - ] oyveyo 0 points 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 22:50:04 ago (+0/-0)*

Find the exact model number and get the service manual from the manufacturer. It will contain the electronic and physical characteristic schematics of the apparatus. If you measured the angles of incline on the screen at the time of the water drip, you can calculate with some certainty the vector of the dihydrogen monoxide to determine the area of uncertainty. You'll likely have to cross-reference the actual LCD component and get those schematics as well, since the traces at the edge of the panel will be the spot mostly tainted. You could use a lint-free cloth dosed with alcohol to wipe the affected area free of contaminants that would alter the electrical characteristics between the circuit traces. Obviously, you'll need a #2 phillips screwdriver and possibly even an oscilloscope if you want to walk through the service manual in a proper fashion and verify the waveforms. By the time you do all of this, it will have dried out and will be fine. Send the customer a $4k bill.

Good luck!

[ - ] AugustineOfHippo2 0 points 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 22:21:16 ago (+0/-0)

let it dry out and it should be fine, if it worked prior to getting wet. even if the electronics got wet, if it wasn't plugged in you most likely would be fine after it dried out. there is a charge on the back of the CRT, so if the water hit that before the charge dissipated there might be some damage.
let it dry out and then turn it on. worst case is it doesn't work. there won't be any explosions or anything.

[ - ] oyveyo 0 points 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 22:37:06 ago (+0/-0)

His description suggests it's not a CRT, but a curved flatscreen LCD.

[ - ] i_scream_trucks 0 points 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 21:31:40 ago (+0/-0)*

throw it out and dont pay as much for stupid shit next time.

i know it sounds rude bro but those things arent repairable any more theyre designed to be replaced and ESPECIALLY curved screens are specifically for people who just spend. there is zero damn use for it other than flexing. its what 8 years out of warranty so youre not getting it repaired or replaced for free (and if you get it on insurance, please let us all know who your insurer is so we can avoid paying for other people to get old toys replaced 'for free' and NOT use that company.)

my fuckin $800 JVC 4k 56inch has lasted about that long, been through 4 houses been dropped scratched sneezed on had softdrink thrown over it and been knocked over countless times and its still sitting there as bright as new and i absolutely love it best $800 i ever spent and has had countless hours of joy and abuse.

rubs temples and hums i see a person carring a 10 year old 2k curved TV into Cash Converters. They get offered $5 for the dumpster space. the owner starts raptard screeching about how it was $4000 new and you can get them on ebay in mostly good condition for $200. Owner gets told the $5 offer is retracted, and get the fuck out of the store before the police are called. i wonder how i might be able to forsee such a thing...

[ - ] Doglegwarrior [op] 1 point 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 21:58:17 ago (+1/-0)

I had sold a house so I had extra money ya looking back I agree I didn't need it and don't even watch much TV. I moved into a new house and got it out kf my warehouse and while waiting to put it up this shit happend.

Gonna treat it like a wet cell phone. Will dry it out for a very long time I don't need it at all and put it in a closet with a dehumidifier.. hopefully that works.

[ - ] 2Drunk 0 points 5 monthsDec 4, 2024 22:31:01 ago (+0/-0)

Take it out side and post it for $75 or OBO. It will be gone within 12 hours. If you post if for free it will be there for 12 weeks and have grown more junk.