Plasma screen repair question...

The plasma screens are rarely available as in individual part even on the small units. When they are available the plasma screen generally costs as much as a new replacement unit.

Electronics under salt and waste laden water salvageable? More than likely the electronics is actually toast. You cannot see the damage to the via , the penetration into the surface mount components of the water, etc.

Plasma screen? Or do you mean LCD? They're two entirely different things, if there's water inside a plasma panel it's lost it's vacuum and the unit is junk. If it's LCD, they have several layers of plastic diffusers and filters stacked together around the panel, sometimes you can dissasemble those to clean and dry them out then put it back together but that's about all you can do, the display panel is the bulk of the cost of the unit and hence not available as a spare part. If you can't fix it the unit is scrap.

I don't think there is a 15" plasma made....only LCD

Entire display panel is probably in need of replacement......usually costs as much as the unit itself!

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You stick the wet circuit boards in a dehumidifier cabinet. It'll suck out all the moisture from the components, at least that's how we did reclamation in the Navy.( Salvaged alot of avionic components from downed aircraft and such that way.)

Thanks for the reply. I kinda figured it was a long shot on the plasma module.

Yep. it's a plasma. It spent about two week under water contaminated with all sorts of industrial chemicals, so that explains why the seals went.(Everything in the locale of the flood had a coating of tar like gunk and stunk to high hell of petroleum.)

It's a plasma for sure. I didn't think they bothered to make 'em that small either. The owner will just have to write it off on their insurance and get another, a shame it being so new.

costs

What's the model number? I looked around and can't find reference to a plasma set that small, I'd be curious to see one.

You said in your OP it has backlights. Plasmas don't have backlights, if it has backlights it surely has to be an LCD. Come to think of it, I don't think Plasmas have laminated screen layers either. What gives you the impression it's a plasma?

Dave

It says so on the case.

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