Basically last night I must have fallen asleep with my window open and my Little Phatty, which was adjacent to the window, got rained on. Im not sure exactly how much, but it was over night, so Im guessing quite a bit.
This morning, I noticed it was wet, realised what had happened, and without thinking, plug it in and turned it on. It still worked and was making sounds but the two oscillators were drifting way out of tune with each other and were sounding really strange.
I only then realised I should probably turn it off, and Its now in the sun drying out.
Just wondering if anybody had been in this situation before and if so new what I should do?
Im in Cardiff,Wales so dont know if there is anywhere around here I could send it to?
Yeah, call tech support. Unfortunately, the damage may have already be done once you turned it on. Even if it acts fine, over time (days or weeks) it could start showing signs of failure. Right now, your best bet is to take the whole unit apart and let the circuit board sit out in the open, but not in direct sunlight. Also, a can of air is good to get any big drops of water that may have gotten into any cracks or crevasses. I had dropped a cell phone, Flip video camera and a point & shoot camera into a pool. The first thing I did was remove all of the batteries. The phone was the only thing that was on when it went in. I then got a screw driver and took everything apart and set it on the kitchen table to dry overnight. The next day, I put everything back together. I was able to get the Flip camera and the phone to work, but the point & shoot was lost. Because the phone was on when it went in, it worked for about a month or so, and it died.
Sorry man, thats a major and expensive bummer. Hope you can get it working. Biggest thing to do right now is taking it apart and letting it dry for a couple of days.
I don’t know if this is reccomended or even feasible for the slim, but I have heard that if you submerge a cell in water (i dropped mine in the toilet one day, pre flush lol) you can then put it in a container of uncooked rice for several days which will draw the moisture out. I might cover the inputs of the slim and try that, but I would have surely done that before I ever applied power to it.
The same thing happened to me over this past summer. Luckily the Phatty only got wet on its back panel, and as far as I know no water got inside the unit. Although now I’m second guessing it and getting a little paranoid… Maybe I ought to do the same thing.
You need to find a packing box, then send your Little Phatty to me for this very lengthy procedure (about 12 months normally) where I carefully dry out and then test your Little Phatty.