On Thursday, 7 June 2018 08:47:53 UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote:
On 07/06/2018 06:15, wrote:
I had some electronics in a storage building, which flooded. I figured
that most of it is junk, but I wiped it clean and put some of the stuff
outside in the sun to bake dry. So far, much of it works. But two
items, a GPS and a Police Scanner, both with LCD screens have very faint
screens. I kind of think the water affected the LCD screens.

Is there any way to get them LCD screens to work (other than replacing
them)?

The least bad way is to rewash in distilled water with no power and let
them dry again. LCD contrast can be ruined by any leakage pin to pin.

Drying further by putting the unit in a sealed jar with rice once you
have naked it dry in the sun (or in a real dessicator is also helpful).

Some things just don't recover from being dropped in dirty water - my
previous dumb mobile phone for instance. It was bricked by that.

Dry it properly, rice & no air movement is not a good choice.


NT