I have a Vestax Typhoon controller, I was DJing a party last night. Some dude spilt water all over the controller. I thought everything was fine until I saw that the pitches were three BPMs faster when it should be on the original BPM. Couldn’t bring it back to the original if I tried to slow it down to the original, it would skip to six beats slower. The question I’m asking is there anything I can do to fix it? If there is something I could do, what is it? I was thinking about doing the white rice trick, but I’m afraid of getting rice in the faders and volumes.
You may be lucky with it just being water leave it somewhere warm to dry out for a few days, normally with water the damage occurs through it shorting out.
I had coca cola spilled on my bcd3000 some time ago and it turned out the unit was totally ruined - couldn’t even turn it on… I ended buying used one and becoming allergic to coke since then.
you can still put your typhoon in rice if youd like to
just make sure its FACE DOWN when you do it
this way nothing will be pushed inside
also, put a little rice in a big bag
sit it on the floor
put the typhoon on top of the rice
then pour more rice on top slowely and DO NOT MOVE SHAKE VIBRATE OR JERK the bag at all.
and the last thing you need to add is… pacients
give it WAY more time then it needs. A few days are ok but let it go a couple weeks.
i agree,sun-sun and more sun.i had an accident with a controller and thought it was screwed.but be patient,water isnt sticky or anything so it should be ok.thank god it was water and not beer or anything else.good luck-mine took a month inna window,no rice,just sun.i wouldnt risk rice falling in the much needed faders.but if you do,be mad careful.
I dont really know what everyone is so crazy about getting rice in the faders lol.
The rice doesn’t have to touch the controller or anything, just has to be in a big bag or container that is air tight with rice and it will do the trick
The problem isn’t just the water. Once liquid enters, corrosion quickly speeds up and starts causing havok to the electrical board. You might find that even once the unit is completely dry that you might have issues :S
You might get lucky with the rice trick, but don’t be shocked if it doesn’t
As long as the controller stays wet…the rice trick might work. However, once the water dries, any mineral deposits will be on the circuit boards.
If you are willing to void a warranty (and why not at this point), you can open the controller and use “canned air” to clean any “white powder” off any internal components. If needed, you can use a water spray bottle and distilled water to help dissolve any stubborn deposits. Use the “canned air” to remove as much moisture as possible.
When you are done, put the controller (case off) in a large sealed cardboard box with a lamp with an incandescent light bulb (the kind that give off heat) overnight. That will be enough heat to dry any residual moisture. Rice is OK as well…but the lightbulb in a box works much better (IME).
