[Shop-talk] saving a circuit board after flooding?

[Paul Parkanzky]

Does it look like it's worth saving?  Is it a Fluke or similar?  If
it's a cheapy, I'd just toss it.  If it's expensive, I'd spray
everything down with contact cleaner and let it dry a couple times,
replace the fuse, put a new battery in, and see what it does.

I had a friend that put his work pager through the wash.  He managed
to get it working again by just removing the battery and drying it out
thoroughly, but it died a month or two later.  Probably not a
coincidence...

-Paul

On 2/3/08, scott.hall at comcast.net <scott.hall at comcast.net> wrote:
> so it appears someone left a multimeter at the new house at some point int he last few weeks.  I called everybody that was out here and none of them are claiming it.  so I guess I've got a new multimeter.
>
> but it was left outside in the rain, and when I turned it over, water literally flooded out.  I took it apart, removed the old battery and cloudy fuses and looked it over.  looks like a little corrosion and some whitish goo in some places.
>
> so...can I save it?  and any advice on how?  blast it with water repellent or something?
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> scott
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