#Pendulum Color screen with darker edges

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clever kelp
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So I took my PenCs out after a couple of months of not playing - the batteries have not been depleted, and they have been kept in a dry environment. I was SHOCKED to see both of them have dark edges that weren't there when i first unboxed it. I recall seeing others having the same issue in the past. Have anyone found a fix or a cause to it? Thanks!

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merry wing
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Kind of a known issue, cause is not known yet

charred pasture
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Did you ever resolve this?

merry wing
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It's humidity

quiet lodge
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@clever kelp, #modding_vpets message. You can try this method that rat used and seemingly made the problem less apparent.

clever kelp
clever kelp
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thanks

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will perhaps chuck it in a dry cabinet for a few weeks to see if it makes any difference

worthy needle
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I think it was best to take apart and only UV the part with the vapour for a very short time.

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But also being careful as it can make it brittle if done too long

zinc karma
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Personally I wouldn’t blast it with a UV torch.

No joke but partially open the device so there’s a gap between the two halves and put it in a pot of rice (on top not buried inside because dust, lid closed). Rice is hygroscopic and okay at absorbing moisture. Check it in like 12 hours and see if any difference.

I’ve saved a few old phones this way from water getting inside and I bet it works work pulling out the small amount of moisture in the display.

Alternative is if you have loads of desiccant bags (way more effective than rice at sucking up moisture), slightly open the device and put all the desiccant bags with it in a pot with lid closed.

quiet lodge
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Just use silica gel.

zinc karma
# quiet lodge Don't use rice for that.

Yes I’ve read that post when it came out. I’m not suggesting rice to fix water damage, I’m suggesting it to suck up the small amount of moisture in the display, which is not water soaked and specified to put it in top of the rice not bury it inside. I did also suggest desiccant/silica.

quiet lodge
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As for the UV torch solution. It was the only method documented here that I could find, and it showed results with no side effects as far as rat reported.

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It was discussed here: #modding_vpets message

zinc karma
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UV light on plastic short term is probably fine. But silica/dessicant and even rice as last resort is better than UV blasting

quiet lodge
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As for the progress using only dessicant, no one ever reported if it had actual results as using a UV torch.

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OP would do us all a favour if he did return with the results here. It's a really common problem with no easy solution for now.

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#modding_vpets message

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@umbral surge, did you have any visible results without using the UV torch?

zinc karma
quiet lodge
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Using the UV torch would be actively trying to heat something to get the moisture out. While using desiccant is passively (and very slowly) trapping moisture onto the packs.

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Whatever you want to believe in, dude.

zinc karma
merry wing
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Anyway, re: UV, maybe a regular lamp or IR lamp would work. I don't think the UV itself really helps

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The idea is to make the surface somewhat warm to encourage the moisture to migrate out

zinc karma
merry wing
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There's dust. Why introduce unnecessary dust

zinc karma
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That’s why I keep saying just put the device on top. Not stir it in the rice, not bury it in the rice, not make rice pudding with the rice 😂 There a dust all around either way, if you just put the device on top and not disturb the rice it will be fiiine. Do I have to pull apart one of mine and put it on top of rice to show it’s not going to turn into rice pudding 😂😂😂

merry wing
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Not even on top. There's going to be more dust on top of the rice if you're just setting things up. It's just a stupid idea in general when you can use silica gel designed for the task.

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Have you seen how much dust comes out when you pour rice?

zinc karma
merry wing
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Maybe you're not using the big bags

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There is a reason rice is supposed to be washed several times before cooking

zinc karma
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If you’re pouring rice from a big 20kg bag every time you cook a few cups you’re doing it wrong

merry wing
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There's tons of starch either way

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Anyway, it's well-established that there's proper materials for dessication and rice is not ideal

zinc karma
merry wing
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It's the fact that you'd get starch on anything at all

zinc karma
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So much scaremongering, can’t touch it, can’t come near it, probably shouldn’t eat it. But okay, rice super bad, UV and concentrated heat perfectly fine. I suggested desiccant AS WELL but everyone just focused on the rice part 😂 you all crack on blasting UV and heat up close to your devices and see what will eventually happen 👍🏻

merry wing
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I don't really agree with using a UV light either

zinc karma
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Cool

merry wing
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Some heat probably helps, but needs to be pretty low-wattage. Maybe some sort of high-ish powered LED flashlight that gives off a bit of heat

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The whole rice thing is just out of date, and I don't like it when out of date advice is perpetuated. Same reason why I tell everyone to stop buying CH341 new.

zinc karma
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So much faff to produce heat, just put it on top of a low heat source like a cooling down radiator would be more than enough

merry wing
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Yeah, that could work

zinc karma
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Would work better with heated rice 😂

merry wing
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Not sure what the rice would do

zinc karma
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Can eat it once the moisture cooks the rice lol

quiet lodge
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Big rice is putting the money out today. Jesus...

empty blaze
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Its working, I'm rice hungry now

clever kelp
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would chucking it into a dry cabinet work?

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I've just ordered one for the sake of my PenC and Vpet Colour. facepalm

clever kelp