Water on Power Adapter

Hey all,

I spilled coffee (no milk or sugar) onto my power strip, modem and monitor power adapter Newegg.com - Acer S231HLbid Black 23" 5ms HDMI LED-Backlight LCD monitor Slim Design 250 cd/m2 ACM 12,000,000:1 (1000:1) .

I replaced the power strip and wiped down all the prongs. The modem also works fine after a few hours of drying. However I didn't realize there was water in the monitor power adapter and I heard a sizzling sound and unplugged the adapter a few seconds later. Also smelled a mild burning smell.

I'm letting the adapter dry out overnight. My question is, would it be risky at all to use it again or should I spring for a new adapter? Also same question with the modem/anything else I might have done wrong.

Thanks!

 

let it dry and see what happens, but more than likely you're going to have to pull it out for the wall right away.

 

If you have a bag of silicon balls (those little bags in electronic boxes with warnings of "Do not eat"), try putting the silicon and the adapter together in an air-tight seal.

It should remove most of the water quickly. I had a phone that dropped in the toilet (no it did not have crap it in) and buzzed out, but worked after exposure to the silicon bag.

 

Let it try out. The desiccant trick that Thisisalamp suggested wouldn't be a bad idea to help it dry out.

The good news is that when you plug the power adapter / power strip in, they will either work or they will not. Once you remove the liquid, you remove the chance of a short circuit, and remove the chance of any further damage.

 

Thanks for the responses!

I plugged it in and it works today.

Just to be paranoid, is there any chance that not replacing it (I tried going to get a replacement today but they don't have a 19V adapter at Radioshack) will lead to longterm damage? If the worst that will happen is the adapter will just stop working I'm OK with that, but if there's a chance of a serious malfunction I'll go find a replacement.

 

Don't worry about it. It will either work or it won't. And it works.

 

If you wet a machine or system, let it dry for 2 days then you can use it again. I read about someone who accidentally wet her blackberry phone and she didn't use it for 2 days then she turned it on and works great again. Just for other people, don't turn on a wet machine until you are sure that it is already dry, even inside.

 

Just buy a new adapter.. they cost like $25 online. Is it worth potentially losing your computer over? At least before you test this crazy theory of yours out plug it through 5 surge protectors or something.

 

According to me, first try to dry all spare of your system, and after that you check it. If you think it is safe than use it and if like make any mistake than spring to purchase. Actually you want to dry your monitor power adaptor. After drying if it not working safely than change it. It is best idea to safe.