EPTSpilled water in my filco keyboard :S
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spirates
Sweden148 Posts
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Calas
United Kingdom33 Posts
I expect the same will occur for a mechanical keyboard. | ||
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semantics
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Lmui
Canada6211 Posts
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Ponyo
United States1231 Posts
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Medrea
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Lmui
Canada6211 Posts
On September 13 2011 08:03 Medrea wrote: Rather than leave it outside where there is humidity, better to leave it in the refrigerator where it is very dry. That's a horrible idea. In the freezer you're not actually getting much of the water out. You risk damaging the parts by freezing water inside. In the fridge, there's actually far more moisture than you'd imagine since every time you open it, warm air enters and condenses somewhere. In addition, that doesn't actually get the water OUT of your keyboard. EDIT:: In both scenarios, water WILL condense on the keyboard. It's just a matter of how much. | ||
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ABagOfFritos
Canada454 Posts
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Shodaa
Canada404 Posts
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Esjihn
United States164 Posts
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muse5187
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Xplitcit
United States419 Posts
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Sermokala
United States13822 Posts
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Khenra
Netherlands885 Posts
My advice: take off the keycaps, dry everything off as well as you can, then leave it to dry for a few more hours. Meanwhile type on your old membrane keyboard in order truly appreciate your Filco keyboard. | ||
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crazy_canuck06
Canada4 Posts
3-5 cups of rice in bag keyboard in bag tie bag place bag in warm area like coffee table thats in the sun or w/e open periodically for 20-30 mins every 2 hours for a day or two just place it in dont shake it around, wouldnt want rice in your shit | ||
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mGMUSE
Singapore112 Posts
i spilled green tea, used water to flush most of it out of my keys. one or two keys weren't washed though and the switches are pretty fucked up(sticky keys much like those you get on pianos). | ||
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Medrea
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On September 13 2011 08:32 Lmui wrote: That's a horrible idea. In the freezer you're not actually getting much of the water out. You risk damaging the parts by freezing water inside. In the fridge, there's actually far more moisture than you'd imagine since every time you open it, warm air enters and condenses somewhere. In addition, that doesn't actually get the water OUT of your keyboard. EDIT:: In both scenarios, water WILL condense on the keyboard. It's just a matter of how much. Whoa easy there, no one said anything about the freezer. Just use the refrigerator. It is built to keep/drive moisture out, because that is how refrigerators work. Sorry. Fridge always has less humidity than ambient air, thats just life. Just don't put it in some really wonky spot in the fridge, top shelf is fine. Works on any electronics, especially those with batteries. Ive saved phones, smart phones, keyboards, all kinds of other tech devices that have fallen into god knows what. Icebox will rip the moisture right out of it. Just don't turn it on. | ||
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gruff
Sweden2276 Posts
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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iloveav
Poland1478 Posts
On September 13 2011 08:03 Medrea wrote: Rather than leave it outside where there is humidity, better to leave it in the refrigerator where it is very dry. I think this guy wants you to destroy your keyboard (envy of a filco?). Refrigerator lowers the "boiling point of water molecules" making the last longer in their liquid form..... Make sure its dry first, you could disasamble the unit (assuming its possible), let the parts dry apart, and then build it back. That way you make sure everything is dry. (Do this if you know your way around electronics, some parts there might be tricky). | ||
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iloveav
Poland1478 Posts
On September 13 2011 15:29 Chairman Ray wrote: Unplug it, and dry it. Make sure it's perfectly dry before using again. Compressed air will work fine. Best answer if you dont want to open the keyboard. | ||
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
On September 13 2011 18:36 iloveav wrote: I think this guy wants you to destroy your keyboard (envy of a filco?). Refrigerator lowers the "boiling point of water molecules" making the last longer in their liquid form..... Make sure its dry first, you could disasamble the unit (assuming its possible), let the parts dry apart, and then build it back. That way you make sure everything is dry. (Do this if you know your way around electronics, some parts there might be tricky). How exactly does a refrigerator lower the boiling point? I can't imagine the pressure being much different than outside (Wouldn't make much difference anyway or what it has to do with your point). Maybe you should look up "relative humidity" and evaporation. | ||
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Brian333
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Keyboard is still 100% fine. Sometimes, it's great to realize you get what you pay for. | ||
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NET
United States703 Posts
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Medrea
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On September 13 2011 19:50 nam nam wrote: How exactly does a refrigerator lower the boiling point? I can't imagine the pressure being much different than outside (Wouldn't make much difference anyway or what it has to do with your point). Maybe you should look up "relative humidity" and evaporation. Refriges don't lower the boiling point of anything by an appreciable amount anyway, that guy is talking out of his butt. There are a few derpy comments about it. Refrigerators cool by using a coolant which we call....uh R-134A I think? Have we moved beyond that one? Anyway they cool by compressing this refrigerant and then reexpanding it with a lower kinetic value, thus cooling your food and shit. Most modern refrigerators have a low and a high humidity drawer, just dont put your waterlogged device in the high humidity drawer or it wont dry out for a longer time. If you still have one of the refrigerators from like, the 50's? Yeah stay away from it. Is this really not common knowledge on TL? The lowered humidity of a refrigerator is ideal for removing water from tight spaces aka electronics, and a lot faster than ambient air. If you don't believe me look it up, or talk to anyone in the culinary world, fridge dries out everything. | ||
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TwoMagTrav
United States195 Posts
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nanaoei
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for my phone my dad just cooked it in the minioven for a while.... i can't imagine a fridge being too bad for the same deal, but it's a scary idea anyway a little too much of either will kill your chances, obviously | ||
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rawrss
Canada29 Posts
True, the keyboard is definitely a lot bigger and probably requires a lot of rice, but maybe if you have an extra pillowcase, or a thin cloth bag that can be closed on one end, and if you have access to some rice (maybe a quick visit to bulk food store), it's worth a shot. Fill the pillowcase with some rice, and try to shake it out so it lays evenly on the keys, and then let it hopefully absorb the moisture. It's worth a try considering it's a keyboard I'm assuming you love/would hate to lose. | ||
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Medrea
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On September 14 2011 00:12 rawrss wrote: Not sure if this is available to you, but I know one of the popular "fixes" for wet blackberrys are leaving it in a little pot/cup of rice. True, the keyboard is definitely a lot bigger and probably requires a lot of rice, but maybe if you have an extra pillowcase, or a thin cloth bag that can be closed on one end, and if you have access to some rice (maybe a quick visit to bulk food store), it's worth a shot. Fill the pillowcase with some rice, and try to shake it out so it lays evenly on the keys, and then let it hopefully absorb the moisture. It's worth a try considering it's a keyboard I'm assuming you love/would hate to lose. Yeah thats a common (and very good) trick to dry phones. I have never done it with a mechanical keyboard as I am afraid a piece of rice will break off and wedge itself into a corner of a key or something. When a friend spilled milk into his das keyboard, he submerged the entire keyboard into a tupperware container containing a few bottles of a certain acid that I am trying to recall. And then set it to dry in the fridge. EDIT: Asked him what he did. This was his response. Cleaner? As when I dismantled the entire thing to fix the uselessly sticky keys? 90% rubbing alcohol. Submerged the entire pcb in there for like 20 minutes, constantly pressing the culprit keys. Not a standard procedure or cleaner by any means. This should remove any foreign matter that may have accompanied the water into your keyboard. I would not suggest doing this with a rubber membrane keyboard BTW. I don't know the effects of alcohol on rubber. That keyboard is as good as new BTW. You can find bottles of rubbing alcohol pretty cheap, he used like 3, 1 dollar bottles. | ||
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Custard
United States37 Posts
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MyNameIsAlex
Greece827 Posts
if its anything else, especially something with sugars on it, your best bet is to use alcohol to clean it out, then let it dry. | ||
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SSeoni
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Noxie
United States2227 Posts
I would def recommend making sure its completely dry though. | ||
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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
I spilled a super small amount of water on my razer blackwidow (like 2 tablespoons maybe?), and thought nothing of it, so kept using it. Later, my keyboard would constantly ghost the tab key (which is about where I spilled the water). As you can imagine, a keyboard that thinks you're pressing and holding the tab key is NOT very useful... | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
You shouldn't keep using it as is even if it works, it's very likely some keys are going to function suboptimally... I'm not sure how easily the keyboard would rust but | ||
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T0fuuu
Australia2275 Posts
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Puph
Canada635 Posts
 On screen keyboard much?http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows7/Type-without-using-the-keyboard-On-Screen-Keyboard | ||
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ImmortalTofu
United States1254 Posts
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CatNzHat
United States1599 Posts
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Kesler
Canada175 Posts
i just unplugged it hopefully it still works after a few hours of drying. anyone ever have experience with this? (im using a brown filco) | ||
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