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Will the BlitzWolf BW-SS1 Smart Switch work after the floods?

p.kaczmarek2 
Close-up of an electronic relay covered in dried sand after a flood. .
Today I am going to check the condition of a small electronic gadget flooded. The flood took place on 15 September and I extracted the equipment from the silt on 27 September, about two weeks later. The water carried so much sand and soil that I had to play archaeologist, and the water level is indicated by the line on the light:
View of a dirty lamp with a visible line indicating the water level after flooding. .
Now let's see the relay itself. The sand has essentially dried up:
Flooded electronic relay with a layer of dry sand. .
The shape of the RESET button has rebounded:
Close-up of dried sand on the surface of an electronic device casing. .
The victim itself is the WiFi-controlled BW-SS1 relay working with the BlitzWolf app.
Close-up of a flooded BlitzWolf BW-SS1 relay with visible mud. .
Dirty WiFi relay BW-SS1 with visible sand and soil residue. .
First section:
Image of a rusty electronic relay interior on a paper towel. .
BlitzWolf WiFi relay on a paper towel. .
I then took the equipment out to dry and wait, it's been about six months. It is now 11 April.
Close-up of a damaged electronic circuit board with electronic components. Electronic module on a white background featuring components such as capacitors and relays. Flooded BW-SS1 WiFi relay after cleaning. Close-up of a flooded electronic relay with signs of corrosion on the button. Damaged BW-SS1 electronic relay on a circuit board. .
The operation of the device itself is very simple - here we have a non-isolated step-down converter based on a PN8016 and then there is just an LDO regulator providing 3.3V for the WiFi module, and this module in turn controls the relay.
It looks like the button has suffered the most - you can see corrosion on it. I cleaned the board with isopropyl alcohol. I also soldered out the LM2 WiFi module:
Close-up of electronic components on a blue printed circuit board. .
Diagram of WiFi module LM2, front and back. .
I removed the screen with hot air:
WiFi module ESP8266EX held in pliers. WiFi module with text on the surface held by tools. .
No damage is apparent, so it's time to upload Tasmota and see if WiFi works:
Breadboard with wires and electronic components on a wooden table. .
Uploading Tasmota:
Screenshot of a console during Tasmota firmware installation on ESP8266. .
There is an access point:
Screenshot showing a WiFi network named tasmota-EF4ACD-2765. .
The BW-SS1 template has been successfully uploaded:

{"NAME":"BW-SS1","GPIO":[255,255,255,255,157,21,0,0,255,17,255,255,0],"FLAG":0,"BASE":18}
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Time for the final test:


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It looks like everything is working, but whether the situation will continue, time will tell.
In summary , this was a loose topic - a curiosity. In the end it worked out that it paid off to leave the module in place. Even both LEDs are working. Now it remains to run a file over the screw terminals to make sure there is good contact.
Of course, this is not the end of the experiments, as I have more flooded equipment - for example, I have tiles left over from flooded Alfawise air purifiers:
Two white air purifiers by Alfawise standing on a tiled floor. Close-up of a hand holding an electronic circuit board with wires and connectors, showing signs of dirt. .
In the next part I will also check the WiFi modules from these boards. I'll see if they're still suitable for some DIY or if, however, in this case the humidity has won out....
Of the thicker hardware I have, among other things, a switch for presentation:
Spoiler:
A mud-coated Extreme Networks Summit 300-24 network switch with cables in the background.
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... But in his case the story will be short, because he was also damaged before the flooding.

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