On Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:44:01 +0000, Mimi
wrote:

Is my dryer safe to use after the dryer vent flooded with water. We
removed the water with sa shop vac, but now the dryer smells very musty.

This is another of those reposts from years ago, but I thought I'd reply
for the sake of others. ANYTHING electrical that gets wet, MUST be
thoroughly dry before plugging it in, otherwise you risk more damage to
the device and risk yourself with shock or worse.

Remove the back panel, clean out all lint while you're at it, because
lint holds water and is probably what smells musty. Then blow a fan into
it until its completely dry. A dehumidifier wont hurt either!

Most electric devices that got wet, work perfectly fine as long as you
let it thoroughly dry before connecting it to power.

I obtained some computers that were in a flood. The hard drives and CD
drives and floppy drives (if they had one) were trash, but the main
board, memory and cards as well as the power supply worked fine. But I
left them sit in the hot sun for a full week before plugging them in.