One of our sites in town has an unused M900 in its cluster. It went QRT a couple of months ago and when we went up to that site today one of our tasks was to pull down the M900.
When we got to the site we found the node had come free of the tower leg and was hanging upside down from the Ethernet cable. When I went up the tower and turned it upright, a couple of cups of yellow water drained out of it. (We have had a ton of rain in the last couple of months here).
When I got it home I filled it with distilled water, shook it thoroughly and and drained it again (and rinse & repeated :-D ). I put it out in the sun for a few hours and will let it dry for a few days before trying to power it up. But I'm not encouraged. Opinions?
When we got to the site we found the node had come free of the tower leg and was hanging upside down from the Ethernet cable. When I went up the tower and turned it upright, a couple of cups of yellow water drained out of it. (We have had a ton of rain in the last couple of months here).
When I got it home I filled it with distilled water, shook it thoroughly and and drained it again (and rinse & repeated :-D ). I put it out in the sun for a few hours and will let it dry for a few days before trying to power it up. But I'm not encouraged. Opinions?
Personaly I wouldn't bother. Odds are something has corroded significantly (and I'm hoping that yellow water was rain not other sources as that's even more corrosive)
These units are good, but they are not intended to be flooded.
David
That being said, anyone interested in the other M900? I'll throw in two used but usable omni antennas. Don't know the model or gain; each is about 5 foot tall.