Today I accidently spilt water in my powered mixer..

[Mjespo125]

Today during practice, My water bottle tipped over and poured into my Kustom Kpm712 powered mixer. After attempting to clean up the mess, I turned it back on only to find that there was no sound being put out (The Power Light was lit, and I double checked all cables) So I turned it off. A few minutes later, I turned it back on. To my suprise it was once again putting out a very muffuled (Almost waterlogged) sound.. But shortly after it began to make a "ticking" sound (My guess is a limiter maybe?) and then no longer put out sound.

Where do I go from here? I only purchased it about a year and a half ago, and it should be under warranty still, but I do not have a receipt (That I know of, Unless Musiciansfriend.com keeps all of their orders on record..) Is it possible that it will dry out and begin working as normal? Or have I really damaged it?

 

[mixsit]

If you'd killed power immediately and not turned it back on until it was opened up and allowed to completely dry out for days - I'd give it a one in five.
Figure take away a bunch more points for the "ticking" sound on the restart.
I'm in for ten bucks on this one.

 

[Track Rat]

Yeah, if you would've IMEDIATELY unplugged it and let it set for a few days, it might have been OK. You say you hear a relay tripping (ticking sound)? That sounds to me like a breaker or some kind. That suggests that you fried something. My guess would be the power amps. They really make a poor substitute for a towel.

 

[Lt. Bob]

It almost certainly would have been ok if you'd turned it off and left it off. Water doesn't really damage any of the electronic components other than the increased possibility of corrosion. But water is a conductor and the way it damages things is by shorting out things that aren't meant to be shorted out. I actually knew a very good tech that would take old filthy tube amps and hose them out to get them clean and then dry them with a hair dryer. As long as there is no power going thru them, water isn't particularly damaging to electronic components though it can take a while to get a transformer completely dry if the water gets into it.
That ticking sound was probably something arcing in there though it's conceivable that it was a breaker and once it dries it may be ok.
But inexpensive stuff like Kustom usually saves their money by skimping on protection circuitry and less robust components so I fear you fried something.
It's probably gonna have to go in for repair but you could at least open it up and let it dry completely and thouroughly (which you should have dome immediately) and give it one more try ..... but I'm not hopeful.
And I doubt that the warranty is gonna cover it though you should certainly try. But they're fairly good at noticing things like water having been dumped into the thing, shorting out stuff and warranties don't really cover that.
Good luck ....