dropped light in water *face palm*

[Poseidon]

dropped my damn LED fixture in the water,
took it all apart and dried it all out overnight, but this morning the blues wont turn on, guess the ballast is fried or something?

either way, i now have a 24x18 wide frag tank packed with sps frags with no light, does anyone have a light i can borrow or buy for very cheap?
t5 or led no problem which one but i desperatly need one as these frags have been without light since sunday

 

[Neopimp]

I have a radion that is lighting my laundry room.  But sarnianis a bit of a drive especially in this weather

 

[curiousphil]

EEEK!  I've done that.... very *shocking* experience .  All jokes aside hope you are OK.  Have you tried rinsing the boards in RO water?  When I dropped my fixture in, it fried the power supply, but even after replacing that I found that the LEDs still wouldn't turn on, and the culprit was short by salt residue.  Rinsed in RO water and all was well.

If I wasn't currently using the MH pendant I got off you as a holdover during my LED upgrade I would offer that up.

 

[Duke]

EEEK!  I've done that.... very *shocking* experience .  All jokes aside hope you are OK.  Have you tried rinsing the boards in RO water?  When I dropped my fixture in, it fried the power supply, but even after replacing that I found that the LEDs still wouldn't turn on, and the culprit was short by salt residue.  Rinsed in RO water and all was well.

If I wasn't currently using the MH pendant I got off you as a holdover during my LED upgrade I would offer that up.

you should try 100% rubbing alchohol, it tends to make any mosture evapourate away and 100% non destructive to electronics. just soak all the boards and electrical and let it dry out better, maybe sit it all in front of a space heater for the day  and then try

 

[Pistol]

+ 1 on the alcohol, careful of the lenses thou, could cloud them

 

[Poseidon]

+ 1 on the alcohol, careful of the lenses thou, could cloud them

the lenses are removable if we are talking about the same thing,
the white leds work on the thing, thats whats weird.

 

[Pistol]

yes, it doesn't take much to short the control circuits out, sometimes moisture can get under the chips, the alcohol should be able to adsorb and or drive it out. Saltwater is very conductive.

 

[Giglio324]

I have 24" 4-bulb t5 i would sell you for 50$. Its a diy and the bulbs are probaly over due lol

 

[Poseidon]

I have 24\" 4-bulb t5 i would sell you for 50$. Its a diy and the bulbs are probaly over due lol

That would work, but your in Windsor right?

 

[mark0933]

Hey, I've got a 400W MH bulb ballast and reflector you can borrow.  I'm in St Thomas.

Mark

 

[Jewel]

Sorry man just saw this, I've got an LED DIY that would work, could drop it off tomorrow morning, not for sale but you could borrow it.