On March 9, 2008 at 17:01, markrubin said...
look at these results of a Google search of smoke damage
to electronics:
-cleaning must be done immediately to prevent further
damage from the smoke acids
- Particles landing on the exposed electronics can bridge
the electrical connections and create short circuits.
Additionally, they can react with the metal and plastic
components (which often have trace amounts of chemicals
on them left over from manufacturing) and cause further
damage through corrosion
[Link: help.lockergnome.com]--In a fire, hydrogen chloride, which is formed when polyvinylchloride
is present, is deposited on various materials. Electronic
equipment is especially sensitive since malfunction may
occur after a longer or shorter time of operation due
to the chloride contamination.
[Link: springerlink.com]point is this is like asking what to sell a flood damaged
car for: I assume there was an insurance claim? whoever
ends up with this gear will likely have problems with
it and will regret the purchase...at any cost
Mark, that's all good info, except that keypads and remotes are basically sealed units. You can't get deposits of particles or hydrogen chloride (I thought this was HCL, hydrochloric acid, a liquid??) on circuit boards when they are not accessible to the smoke and soot.
In my electronics repair decades, we did some smoke damage restoration, and unless you had melted plastics, a cosmetic cleaning was usually sufficient.
Now a flood...that's a different critter!!
On ebay it's anyone's guess... someone buying a single lot, however, would probably offer 10 cents on the dollar.
