Professional electronics restoration serving Ann Arbor and surrounding areas.
Electronics restoration in Ann Arbor serves a city full of equipment worth recovering. The university ecosystem means workstations, research instruments, and servers in homes and home offices across Washtenaw County; audio and studio gear in the music-heavy rental market near campus; home theater systems in finished basements along the Malletts Creek corridor — exactly the rooms that flood first. When water hits electronics, the failure mode is corrosion: moisture plus residue on a powered board eats traces and connectors within days. The restoration window is measured in hours, not weeks. Water Damage Pros US restores water-damaged electronics across Ann Arbor with ultrasonic board cleaning, controlled drying, and per-item documentation.
| Item Type | Typical Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Computer / workstation | $200 – $700 | Board cleaning, testing, data preservation |
| AV receiver / amplifier | $150 – $500 | Ultrasonic bath, reflow as needed |
| TV / projector | $250 – $800 | Panel and board assessment |
| Gaming console | $100 – $300 | Board-level cleaning |
| Network / NAS equipment | $150 – $500 | Priority when data is at stake |
| Appliance control boards | $150 – $450 | Recovering the machine’s brain |
| Lab / research instruments | $500 – $2,500 | Quoted per device |
Clean water on a powered-off board does little immediate damage — the failure comes from time. Tap and flood water carry minerals and organics that corrode copper traces, galvanize dissimilar metals, and grow conductive dendrites between contacts within days. Every hour wet extends the corrosion depth; every day adds repair cost and lowers survival odds. That’s why the emergency call includes the electronics: pulling devices from a flooded basement and stabilizing them the same afternoon saves gear that a weekend of waiting writes off.
The gear is often replaceable; the data inside isn’t. NAS drives, workstation drives, and research equipment frequently carry years of work whose value dwarfs the hardware. Restoration preserves the drive environment — and where boards are unrecoverable, drive-preservation steps get priority so the data moves to new hardware. Washtenaw’s research and academic households make this the quiet priority of every electronics job.
Rice is a folk remedy for a corrosion problem — it dries the case while the board dies. Ultrasonic cleaning removes the water and the residue together, and the devices that go in the bath within 48 hours are the devices that come back.
Water Damage Pros US restores water-damaged electronics throughout Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County — Old West Side, Burns Park, Water Hill, Kerrytown, the Malletts Creek corridor, Barton Hills, and surrounding townships — plus Ypsilanti, Saline, Dexter, and Chelsea, with same-day stabilization for flood-affected gear.
Fast, professional water damage restoration for homes and businesses — extraction, drying, and full repair.
Complete flood cleanup and restoration after rising water, storms, and overflow.
24/7 water extraction with truck-mounted pumps to remove standing water fast and limit damage.
Full structural repair and reconstruction after water damage — drywall, floors, and framing.
Detailed moisture inspection and assessment with thermal imaging to find hidden water damage.
Cut out, replace, and repaint water-damaged drywall so walls look new again.
Often yes — if they're professionally cleaned before corrosion sets in. Boards can be washed and re-soldered; the killer is time. Corrosion advances every hour a wet device sits, powered or not.
Unplug, remove batteries, don't press power to 'test' it, and don't rice it. The rice myth does nothing; the corrosion clock keeps running. Professional cleaning stops it.
No. Rice dries the outside of the case while moisture inside the chassis corrodes traces and connectors. Board-level cleaning removes the water and the residue that rice leaves behind.
For workstations, audio equipment, lab instruments, and servers — usually far cheaper. For a five-year-old mid-range TV, replacement may win. We quote per item so you decide with numbers.
Yes. Electronics are documented per item with model, condition, and restoration cost — the format personal-property adjusters process fastest.
Our certified technicians respond fast, assess the damage, and give you a clear plan — with no obligation and no up-front cost.