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Why Is It So Important To Clean Electronics After a Fire?
8/24/2021 (Permalink)
Why Is It Critical To Clean Electronics Following A Fire?
When your Santana Row, CA home has a fire in it, almost everything in it may be affected. Smoke damage can hurt various parts of and items in your home, including the following:
- Electronics
- Clothing
- Building Materials
The fire cleanup process you have to undertake depends on what gets damaged in your home. Porous building materials and clothing may need to be thrown out. Non-porous belongings may need to be cleaned with ultrasonic equipment. If you have television sets, radios, DVD players, computers, or kitchen appliances that get damaged by soot, it is important you get them properly cleaned before putting them back into use.
Could Present a Hazard
If you fail to clean your smoke damaged electronics, they could present a major hazard. For example, turning on a computer that is lined with soot can lead to an electronic failure due to corrosion. Smoke residue contains acid that can corrode the metal surfaces in electronic devices. If you turn on the electronics before they are properly cleaned, you may end up doing more damage than the fire did. A soot-lined computer, TV or radio could be the source of another house fire.
Can Stop Extensive Corrosion
Typically, electronics only get further damaged when they are turned on. However, sometimes even being exposed to moisture or different temperatures can cause the corrosion to begin without the device even being powered on. For proper fire cleanup, you need to tackle the cleaning of electronics as soon as you can. The longer you wait to remove the soot the better the chances are that you'll end up with a destroyed electronic device.
Sometimes electronics come out of a fire without obvious signs of damage. However, one important part of fire cleanup is knowing that these items still need to be cleaned. The smoke building that may be in them needs to be completely removed by a fire restoration specialist to ensure no more damage is done.
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