Cold cathode got wet :S

MadMan-JaMeS · 16 Mar 2007 at 22:09

i somehow managed to knock one of my cold cathodes into some water and the inside got filled up a bit i shook the water out but do u think it will still work or should i lob it ?

or just let it dry out ?

Jay123 · 16 Mar 2007 at 22:24

Hi , leave it for a week near by a radiator

Jay

w3bbo · 16 Mar 2007 at 22:24

let it dry completely - should be fine aslong as it wasn't switched on at the time of soaking.

DataVampire · 16 Mar 2007 at 22:49

MadMan-JaMeS said:
i somehow managed to knock one of my cold cathodes into some water and the inside got filled up a bit i shook the water out but do u think it will still work or should i lob it ?

or just let it dry out ?

Can i ask how on earth you managed to get it soaked lol
and like the other posters have siad, make sure its completly dry before you even think of using it, but for the sake of £6 i would jsut throw it in the bin, connecting that could damnage something inside your comp, ie psu, or worse.

BFG_9000 · 16 Mar 2007 at 22:57

Cheap as chips..Buy another one.. :confused:

MadMan-JaMeS · 16 Mar 2007 at 22:57

its not connected to my comp just some old crappy psu and its for my fish tank i put it in the hood to make it blue at night and it fell in !

i'll leave it for a while till its comletely dry !

MadMan-JaMeS · 16 Mar 2007 at 22:58

BFG_9000 said:
Cheap as chips..Buy another one..

£6 isn't the price of chips and tbh why spend money when you don't have to ?

also i only got today !

DataVampire · 16 Mar 2007 at 23:03

MadMan-JaMeS said:
£6 isn't the price of chips and tbh why spend money when you don't have to ?

also i only got today !

Well i dont care what anyone says, once it has hit water it will never be the same, i bet the colour will be a lot diff, not to mention, water and electrics dont mix, i would much rather bin it. and aquatic ones are diff, heating is diff, so why use a pc one lol. i know this as i also used to keep fish.

BFG_9000 · 18 Mar 2007 at 00:33

DataVampire said:
Well i dont care what anyone says, once it has hit water it will never be the same, i bet the colour will be a lot diff, not to mention, water and electrics dont mix, i would much rather bin it. and aquatic ones are diff, heating is diff, so why use a pc one lol. i know this as i also used to keep fish.

Seconded...

jaykay · 18 Mar 2007 at 10:29

i say the colour wil go funny but it will work as long as its dries

Crossy · 18 Mar 2007 at 11:34

DataVampire said:
Well i dont care what anyone says, once it has hit water it will never be the same, i bet the colour will be a lot diff, not to mention, water and electrics dont mix, i would much rather bin it. and aquatic ones are diff, heating is diff, so why use a pc one lol. i know this as i also used to keep fish.

I must agree also, water and leccy dont mix at all, best of binning it and buying a new one as you could be putting your components in danger if it was to catch alight. Then i'll be waiting for a thread named "my cold cathode Blew my pc up

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Lethal` · 18 Mar 2007 at 13:31

you mean his fishtank

agnes · 18 Mar 2007 at 13:33

chuck it and get a new one tbh, and get a pink one

ags

Ecl · 19 Mar 2007 at 11:58

Dont risk killing the fish!!

:mad:

MadMan-JaMeS · 19 Mar 2007 at 19:57

loads of people use cold cathodes it has nothing to do with anything in the tank but just make it looks nice at night !

i will buy another one but just not yet i guess !

jongeeone · 19 Mar 2007 at 20:16

never really thought of that idea - post pics of your fish tank

DataVampire · 19 Mar 2007 at 21:04

MadMan-JaMeS said:
loads of people use cold cathodes it has nothing to do with anything in the tank but just make it looks nice at night !

i will buy another one but just not yet i guess !

I think you will find cathodes that are for pcs and the quatic ones are totaly different, ie quatic ones give off totaly differnt light, brightness and density as well, i sugest you look it up, unless you want your fish to have eyes like they japenese bug eye fish. lol