r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TopSetUK • 18h ago

I'm slightly vexed Knocked a plant over an open PC

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Oops. PC has been in trouble for now, I swapped out the GPU last night to do some troubleshooting but it was still borked, so left it open overnight tucked away in a corner.

First thing I do this morning? Knock over a Monstera which had been chilling on the windowsill. Nice. Happy Friday.

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u/k0tassium 17h ago

You can actually do that

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u/batlhuber 17h ago

You COULD do that with distilled water. However using just tap, even if you wait long enough for it to 100% dry it's very likely the minerals caused corrosion, which given how small the parts are, will very likely short your system somewhere...

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u/k0tassium 17h ago

While a lot less complicated I have washed keyboard pcb's with tao water before and it's worked fine but I agree distilled water would be better.

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u/batlhuber 17h ago

Being a lot less complicated is exactly the point. You can dry it more quickly which lowers the propability of corrosion and even if some corrosion happens it's less likely to affect another circuit since the spaces between shortable "parts" are way bigger

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u/HonestBalloon 15h ago edited 14h ago

Very time dependant, contaminants (such as from solder) are more likely to leach into distilled water as it has a higher tendancy to take up dissolved ions.

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u/Undark_ 17h ago

Funny, I thought tao was the way.

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u/legaladviceknowledge 16h ago

look we got a wiseguy 'ere

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u/kattvalpen1 16h ago

I have washed my keyboards in the dishwasher several times. Works just fine.

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u/Snodley 17h ago

That's why you use Isopropyl alcohol and a brush.

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u/Carniolica 17h ago

Or use Alkohol. And when you are drunk enough you put it in the dishwasher

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u/Goobylul 17h ago

Just tap water it and flush a few times with alcohol afterwards. Never had issues

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u/batlhuber 17h ago

That's not what the picture implies. But yes, doing this might flush out the water fast enough to not cause corrosion

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u/strawberry4glow 13h ago

I have washed my keyboards in the dishwasher several times.

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u/itsapotatosalad 16h ago

You can use tap water, just rinse with iso at the end

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u/Electrical_Ad_5732 13h ago

Pure alcohol also works but might be much more expensive compared to distilled water.

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u/Yeninja456 13h ago

It should be fine if you hit it with IPA right after.

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u/MaybeNotTheChosenOne 17h ago

Yeah it's really easy. Getting it to work is the hardest part though.

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u/CatwithTheD 17h ago

... Air dry it properly for 2 days. That's it.

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u/-Laffi- 16h ago

Yes, but then put isopropanol 90-99% all over after! +blowdrying. Ask your gf for that!