Short circuit to water on laptop?

I emptied water on my laptop this morning. After that, I wiped it dry and turned it upside down to let the water run out - but I did not turn it off and disconnected from the power.

Only later did I read that you should immediately disconnect it from the power and issue and for at least a week not touch and let dry, otherwise there could be a short circuit and all data is gone.

Well… Meanwhile, several hours have passed and except for the fact that the good sometimes a little stumbles and stumbles and recently no longer works without connection to the socket, he still goes as usual. Water does not run out any more.

So my question: Can there still be a short circuit, even though it has not happened for hours? Do I have to worry about that and I'd rather put it out and leave it alone for a week, or is the danger over (because nothing has happened yet)?

And does anyone know why he does not work after a bit of water without connection to the power supply? Usually this is related to the battery, I read, but what does that have to do with water? Can the water have somehow broken the battery?

Oh, have a MacBook Air, is still from 2013.

2013? Such an old part? Well, it's Christmas soon.

But joking aside --- the battery we have probably disassembled, and what else comes, almost fear that's a total loss because, well, yes, why.

Had to stop him immediately from the current need.

Immediately turn off, take out the battery and the professional. Believe me a few drops of water is currently working in the laptop to durchzukorrodieren the tracks and components on the board.

(On photo you can see an Asus gl552 motherboard, which after running in water for 5 days (after 1 days drying on radiator) went great, then finally managed with almost 1000 euro loss.

Well, at least with a normal USB port.

So you think there's something else coming? Should I back up my data? And now leave out?

Normal tap water conducts the electricity. If the battery is wet, current can flow from the positive to the negative pole and this is called a short circuit.

Oha, thank you very much! Then I must probably as soon as possible to the expert…

(Unfortunately, I do not have a matching wrench.)

Yes fast as possible.

If you are interested in how fast water works with electricity, you will find a video on Youtube "TAP WATER VS. MACBOOK LOGIC BOARD: realtime corrosion stream"