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Topic: can you believe this . . . Posted: January 29 2013 at 2:07am |
Just woke up to the sound of gushing water . . . yesterday i finally got around to installing my brand new vegas. Well the hose running in to my wave maker somehow blew off and was shooting the water in to the side of the canopy which bounced off and soaked one of my vegas. I. am. irrate. Where do i go from here? According to their warranty policy what just happened isnt covered. I opened the unit and dried it off plugged it back in and the lights just flash on and off. Figure ill have to send it in for repair. I hope they do repairs lol Happy F***ing Tuesday!
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 2:51am |
If the lights pop on and off, it's probably a power supply issue.. hopefully cheap enough to fix.
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 9:03am |
Disassemble, than put it in rice. For a good 24 hous. No b/s try it. Reassemble and see if it works. I did this with my cell phone after I got a little drunk and jumped in a pool lol.
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 9:07am |
joelduval1 wrote:
Disassemble, than put it in rice. For a good 24 hours. No b/s try it. Reassemble and see I'd it works. I did this with my cell phone after I got a little drunk and jumped in a pool lol. |
Agreed. Just one more of Lifes little Pokes in the Eye.
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 9:10am |
Lol. It actually works pretty good. Give it a shot!
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 9:28am |
You can also take each part and put a hair dryer (blow dryer, on 'cool' setting') to it for 30 seconds or so before putting the parts in the rice.
Should blow out any trapped water
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 9:40am |
well i took it apart last night. dried it off everywhere i could with a cloth. took the inside apart and did the same. The little circuit board where the power connects to the unit has some weird fluid on it so im guessing that got fried. I tried pluggin it in this morning but it still only flashes all but one light flash. ill call AI here in a bit n see what they can do. I was furious but all i can do is laugh . . . . lol got to enjoy my brand new lights for about 48 hours.
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 9:41am |
Yeah, blow dry and rice. Then take off the power supply and start trouble shooting forward from there. The salt water will be very corrosive so wet parts might be better cleaned off with some RO water on a damp cloth.
If they are flashing you are getting some sort of connection, but it's shorting out somewhere because of the moisture.
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 9:57am |
well the little chip that sat under that thick fluid i found looks burnt so im sure thats gotta be replaced.
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 10:43am |
That Is why I use only pvc that's a bummer. You should have waited to turn it on. it was still wet when you tried , that's probably What fried it.
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 10:51am |
the lights were on when it blew. as i got to the tank it started flickering before i shut it off
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 10:52am |
Dang that sucks that's an expensive accident.
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 10:54am |
yessir. at least my other one survived.
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Posted: January 29 2013 at 11:32am |
I have a similar story my grandma was tank sitting and knocked my tunze top off board into the water when it was less than a week old.
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