I had my syntakt underneath the AC vent while moving some things in the house, looked over and it had a bunch of water droplets from the dripping AC (was hot that day)
Syntakt was unplugged so no worries there. Is there anything special I need to do to ensure everythings OK? im leaving it out in the sun for a couple days
You could take off the knobs and remove the top cover. Dry out the inside with an appropriate cloth by dabbing up moisture. I wouldn’t wipe anything.
Then, get a large Tupperware container or Ziploc bag and fill it with uncooked rice. Put the Syntakt inside with the rice and seal it for a few days.
Others might have guidance on a safe cloth to use for dabbing up the water.
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I would use a dedicated desiccant like damprid. Much more effective than rice. You wouldn’t want it touching the device though, just in the same sealed container.
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Huh…I thought I had success in the past with putting stuff in rice. I guess it must have just dried out on its own?
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If it’s only water, don’t operate it (obvs), let it dry, should be fine.
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pgng
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that link is hilarious. Am I the only one getting a blank page suggesting that I create an article with that title?
If you read the comments, they’re saying to open it up and using isopropyl to clean it off to prevent corrosion.
Rice still works if that’s all you have and the reason it gets suggested is because almost everyone has rice available.
Per the article, rice won’t prevent corrosion.
I was going to suggest this as well but wasn’t %100 sure. I’m not well-versed in electronics. I do seem to recall that for electronics, you want the %99 stuff as opposed to the %70 stuff you use to disinfect.
Someone else can back that up though.
Its AC water, so i dont think its totally pure
PofM
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Yeah, the link doesn’t work on mobile because the forum software ends the hyperlink before the “…” which is supposed to be part of the link. This should work:
Don’t put your device in rice
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I hope for you it is ok water.
I’d open it and let it dry too, eventually with some dry air fan if you have a gig soon !
I’m not confident in rice. I prefer “hot” dry air fan, not too close.
I dropped my smartphone in the sea, I had to fully rince it with water after removing battery and stuff. I dried it with hot air 12h. As new !
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I bought these large reuseable silica gel packs to keep with my mics/recorders. Could be handy to have around for this sort of thing.
pgng
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not on mobile but yeah that fixed it
