Tipped around 100 ml on my laptop (only on the top left) and would say that around 20 might have been deeper as I could still absorb a lot.
I switched it off immediately, etc. And put it upside down on a cloth and now I wonder how long I should wait until I can use it again. I checked under my buttons, nothing is wet anymore.
Can I get an electric shock if I switch it on or can it "only" have a short circuit (I wouldn't really care, only because of the electric shock I'm afraid.)
You will probably have to wait a little longer. And to really get every bit of liquid out, I STRONGLY recommend that you put the laptop in rice. So tear open a few packets of rice, "insert" the laptop into it and, if possible, seal it airtight (so that the water can condense and the rice can absorb the water).
Additional info: "uncooked" long grain rice / boiled rice. Jasmine rice is more effective.
How long approximately? See you tomorrow or 2-3 days?
So a few hours minimum. If you leave it in for a day or two, it definitely won't hurt. But more than 3 days would be rather useless, since by then the rice would have to have absorbed EVERYTHING.
Then you have rice in the keyboard, the USB and headphone jack. Possibly even soaked.
But that goes under the buttons
Can you unscrew the case? Then it also dries faster inside. Waiting 3 days would also be a good idea.
An electric shock is unlikely, but destruction of the device is possible.
Rice is VERY receptive. You don't have to "rinse" the laptop. Fooling around is enough. So that the affected areas have rice as close as possible. Adhesive tape on "sensitive" parts (headphone jack or USB ports) can help here. You don't need to put it open in the rice. So you don't need to worry about rice between the buttons. And even if… Getting out rice between buttons is less complicated than water.
It is important that the water evaporates in the device and does NOT condense on the circuit boards. Therefore, a plastic bag would be ideal. Transparent film can also help (Of course, there should be some air in it to allow enough evaporation to take place. The rice then absorbs the evaporated water before it can condense (settle) on the boards… However, you should avoid doing so in the sun let it stand, warm good, heat bad.
What does the rice bring? It absorbs the moisture that evaporates and escapes from the laptop. Then you could just put it in the fresh air, because then the leaked moisture will get away from the device even faster.
Exciting. I have read the tip with the rice many times. But if you think about it, it doesn't sound logical. https://www.datentarifeshop.de/artikel/items/foehnen-oder-reis-was-zu-tun-ist-wenn-der-laptop-nass-geworden-ist.html stands e.g. You should put the battery in rice, because the dignity would pull the water out of it. But how will that work?!
[brief pause for research on the net] You can often find the rice tip. Why rice should reduce the moisture in the device more than as much air as possible is not clear to me. In the case of wet fabric or leather, this would be understandable with direct contact.
With the MacBook Pro, the keyboard is destroyed by dirt even during normal use. That would be a disaster with rice. But maybe rice in a cooking bag?
Warm good, heat bad.
Yes, that sounds convincing.
To clarify it briefly for you now:
"Air" has a certain humidity. Always. Rice, however, is not. This means that rice can LUMINATE more moisture than air can remove. The air humidity in a closed room (therefore airtight) is always distributed evenly. This means that the higher air humidity in the device is always drawn out to the rice, which absorbs the moisture very quickly and again rapidly lowers the air humidity. That is what is meant by "pulling out".
A certain temperature enables the moisture in the device to evaporate more quickly and, as far as possible, to prevent moisture in the device from causing damage. The faster the water evaporates, the better. However, if it is too warm, the water from colder parts in the laptop will condense again and droplets will form relatively quickly. And water drops are dangerous on circuit boards etc.
Therefore… Heat that the water evaporates well is beneficial. Definitely not heat.
In the fresh air you have "wind", but it can't sweep through your whole laptop in life. Puffing in is NOT a good idea here, as you could distribute any water droplets further on boards and components and could do more damage than expected.
Both are not effective methods compared to a "rice bag". Watch videos on how cell phones and other devices get rid of water damage. Your cell phone falls into the water. Battery out (if possible) And with it into a Tupperware can and pour in plenty of rice. This can save the cell phone in 70% to 80% of the cases. You can see that in almost all of these videos.
There's something more effective than rice. However, you can't buy as many shoes as you would need these little bags, most of which are included in the shoes. (
Rice is the intersection between "professionally expensive" (silica) and "sufficiently cheap".
;) I think you should have understood why rice is better than fresh air.
