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Cobertt t1_j1ipq1j wrote

I’m leaving this up as it’s no ordinary help request.

If it were my boards, the first thing I would do is drain them like you did and pull them apart, removing keycaps, and pcbs from cases. Keycaps and cases should be fine just dried off. Now if any are hotswap, take the switches off and inspect to see if any water got in them, hopefully the keycaps acted as little umbrellas and you’ll be alright. The pcbs I would take some very high percentage isopropyl alcohol and wipe down as much as possible. The alcohol should make the majority of the water evaporate and then by wiping them down you are removing any deposits left by the possibly hard water. I would do this asap and then one more time about 24 hours later just to be safe. I’d wait another two days to plug them in, making sure they are super dry.

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Zev OP t1_j1is6s5 wrote

Thank you for allowing the post, I appreciate it!

I have pulled one board apart so far, and the PCB is soaked, but I think you are right, the caps seemed to have protected the switches, I popped a couple open and there is not water inside the switch.

Going to give the alcohol idea a try, thank you!

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Cobertt t1_j1it29v wrote

Yeah no problem, your best bet is to get the pcbs dry as soon as possible. The alcohol will help evaporate any water trapped where you can’t see it.

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