Monitor power up with water

Even though the OP probably doesn't give a fuck about what you all do. (Clearly stated that he wants to know experiences of a still wet chassis being fired up by someone dumb enough to do it and the right way),
I too am compelled to show my methods as well.
Food dehydrator at lowest setting for a few minutes is the only way to fly. The key word is dehydrator.
i like your setup
 
This is my chassis dryer. Box fan on top of a milk crate. The milk crate allows the fan to pull plenty of air in from underneath. I use a couple pieces of scrap wood to prop/suspend the board off the fan grill. 24-48 hours on this setup has been sufficient for monitor chassis and game PCBs that I've washed.

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The next debate is whether blowing upwards or downwards is best.
 
One time I watched one that I dried and the screen was all out of focus.. but I could here the water boiling off inside the housing.. It actually fixed itself in about 5 minutes..

This was my exact experience with a G07. I thought it was completely dry, but obviously it wasn't. It hissed for a few minutes as the residual moisture cooked off, and the focus was bad until it dried up. I used compressed air and a space heater with a fan, but only let it sit for a couple of hours.
 
Is now a bad time to mention that in over 20 years in this hobby, I've never once washed a monitor?

Ha. You don't know what you're missing!

It's seriously one of my favorite things to do in this hobby. Because they come out AMAZING when you get 40+ years of electrostatic grime off of them.
 
Ha. You don't know what you're missing!

It's seriously one of my favorite things to do in this hobby. Because they come out AMAZING when you get 40+ years of electrostatic grime off of them.
I can actually hear the monitor saying "God, thank you for this" while it's getting bathed with Simple Green, hot water, and massaged with a soft bristled paint brush.

Jason
 
If it's overnight, I stick it in front of a fan. If it's during the day while I'm still working, I live in west Texas. I stick it on the dashboard of my truck with the sun bearing down on it. It'll get up to about; I dunno, 400 degrees? No moisture survives.
 
I've run them with wet neck sockets. it's kind of anticlimactic.. it doesn't damage anything, but the focus will be blurry for about 20 minutes as it's burning the rest of the water off. LOL

I therefore stopped washing neckboards or if they're tremendously dirty I desolder the neck socket off. same psychology as why I desolder flybacks out; that solder probably needs to be redone anyway.
 
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