Water in plug

patchyX2

I managed to leave a plug outside which got caught in a downpour. The plug was taken apart so got a fair amount of water on its innards. I've dried off all the surface water, but imagines there's still a bit of water inside.

If I leave it out to dry in the sun (watching for rain this time) for a few days, will it be alright if to use later in the week/next weekend?

Just to clarify, it wasn't connected to anything, it was brand new waiting to be installed. 

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 But a new one 

fenwick458

dry it out it'll be fine. this is a 13A plug yeah? just stick it in the airing cupboard or ontop of a radiator

TELLIT01

fenwick458 said:

dry it out it'll be fine. this is a 13A plug yeah? just stick it in the airing cupboard or ontop of a radiator

On top of a radiator?  Does anybody have the heating on this time of year?

roddydogs

Yes mines on, early riser. Btw why a separate plug?

Alfrescodave

PledgeX2 said:

I managed to leave a plug outside which got caught in a downpour. The plug was taken apart so got a fair amount of water on its innards. I've dried off all the surface water, but imagines there's still a bit of water inside.

If you've taken the plug apart and thoroughly dried the insides, where is the remaining water?
If you think its not completely dried then take it apart again and leave the parts on a sunny window ledge (inside !).

macman

What 'innards'? The plug consists of 3 metal pins, and two bits of plastic enclosure. If you've taken the top off and dried it, then it'll be fine. 

patchyX2

Ah, embarrassing, I didn't mean a plug, I meant a socket.  

I'd taken the back box off so the rear of the faceplate was exposed to the rain. 

FreeBear

Hair dryer on a low heat setting...

If this is on the end of an extension lead, bring it inside to dry.

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Alfrescodave said:

If you've taken the plug apart and thoroughly dried the insides, where is the remaining water?

Trapped in the capillaries.

Emmia

FreeBear said:

Hair dryer on a low heat setting...

If this is on the end of an extension lead, bring it inside to dry.

We had a kitchen tap fail (I say fail, the top part of the tap came off completely in my hands when I went to swivel it round), which essentially created a jet of water squirting around the kitchen including onto electrical sockets - the guy who came out to fix the tap dried the plug sockets out with the use of a hair dryer (we used an extension lead from another part of the house to power the dryer).