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Can I still use this? Looks like there was some arcing. I don't want a fire but this was expensive, damnit! (lemmy.world)
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[–] Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Clean the char off and see if it works. Provided you get all that conductive carbon removed, and there isn't anything damaged internally then I don't see why it wouldn't work. Definitely don't leave it plugged in unsupervised for a while though.