Monday Haul

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Tue Feb 12 19:19:40 2002

On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Tony Duell wrote:

> > minor repairs, but were otherwise in good shape. Switching power supplies
> > don't tend to survive water at all though.
>
> If they're powered up at the time, I can see why (non-pure) water
> would do all sorts of damage to an SMPSU. But if they're not turned
> on, and if they're cleaned and dried before being turned on again,
> then I see nothing that would be damaged by water.

I was speaking about powered equipment. The only complication I can think
of for SMPSU boards if they were submerged but not powered would be
moisture in the transformers.

> I keep on emphasising that if you get a machine in unknown condition,
> or worse still one that you know has been water damaged, or smoke
> damaged, or...then you _do not turn it on to see what happens_. You
> give it a complete inspection and cleanup first. And then bring it up
> a bit at a time. It's a llot quicker and cheaper in the end.

First thing I do to any equipment I buy that is used is completely break
it down for cleaning and inspection. I repair anything I find suspicious
before ever powering the equipment up. I've actually waited years on some
equipment before ever powering it up. Less magic smoke gets a chance to
escape that way...

-Toth
Received on Tue Feb 12 2002 - 19:19:40 GMT