Well, I screwed my self big time.

[iboughtatahoe23]

I can neither confirm nor deny that back in the day we had terrible grounds on main seawater pump motor, ended up brewing up some some super-deionized reactor grade fresh water and flushing out all the windings. A hella’ lot more than 6 gallons. Dried it out meticulously. I’m not suggesting that this was on a submarine, or even that it actually happened. However, whether or not we did this …. It worked great. That motor lasted the rest of the patrol, no problems, good to go. Hypothetically speaking, of course.

So I agree, rain water not the worst thing you could pour on a Yukon.

True. Just worried about my radio! Got it drying for a few hours underneath the air conditioner in my house. Gonna try to throw it back on. My cars been drying on and off the last 2 days. I’ve been keeping the windows up at night of course with some damp rid in the car.

 

[OR VietVet]

This is not a 2 day process. IMO, at least 5 days. Also depends on humidity in the air where you are. Dry here in the PNW. I know where my girl is in Texas, it is very humid.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

This is not a 2 day process. IMO, at least 5 days. Also depends on humidity in the air where you are. Dry here in the PNW. I know where my girl is in Texas, it is very humid.

Usually is around 50-70% humidity here

So you’re saying I shouldn’t test my radio out when I get home?

I’d like to go the gym tomorrow. I’m wondering if I can at least drive it to the gym.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

I know everyone is saying let it dry for like five days but I really can’t I need to get to work and I live like 3 miles from my job. I’ve been riding the bike. But leaving on my work break is a pain. 8 miles a day when I double some days. So I’d like to drive if I could. On top of that, I live in in an apartment complex, I don’t have a garage. So at night I need to roll up my windows unlock my car. I can’t just leave it with the battery terminal off. People will come up and steal stuff.

 

[Fless]

If you're concerned about the radio just leave it out and drive without it. Let it dry for a week, in air conditioning if possible. Personally I think something else is keeping the backlighting on, but that's just a WAG on my part.

 

[OR VietVet]

You can leave the windows down a bit if you get a big enough dog. You need to find a better place to live too. You need patience for the drying. That is considered higher humidity around here.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

Haha. Anyways update as of this morning I let the radio dry for over 12 hours in front of a fan with some damp rid containers around it and still having issues. Literally everything works in my car except the radio so I think I’m gonna rule out that I need a new aftermarket radio because the accent lighting on the radio just will not budge. It will not shut off. It’s still on after I shut the car off. Sometimes it’s very faint. Sometimes it’ll flicker and sometimes it’s just full brightness.

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

Haha. Anyways update as of this morning I let the radio dry for over 12 hours in front of a fan with some damp rid containers around it and still having issues. Literally everything works in my car except the radio so I think I’m gonna rule out that I need a new aftermarket radio because the accent lighting on the radio just will not budge. It will not shut off. It’s still on after I shut the car off. Sometimes it’s very faint. Sometimes it’ll flicker and sometimes it’s just full brightness. View attachment 403538

Now, with all that being said, I’m wondering, is it safe to leave the radio fuse and if it’s just the accent lighting. Or will it run my battery dead

 

[Geotrash]

Now, with all that being said, I’m wondering, is it safe to leave the radio fuse and if it’s just the accent lighting. Or will it run my battery dead

Only one way to find out!

 

[iboughtatahoe23]

Someone said I could take the illumination trigger wire and rewire it to the cig lighters. But I feel that ruines my chance at getting aftermarket unit