Cleaning cat pee from inside monitor

Post date: 2021-03-05 05:56:57

My cat peed into my expensive, 32-inch 4K monitor. What do I do now?

I have a Viewsonic 4K monitor. It has ventilation slots on the back side of it. My cat went around to the back of the monitor and let loose with a big, heavy stream of pee. By the time I noticed what he was doing, the monitor went blank and started leaking pee out the bottom of it. The screen itself (the front part) wasn't affected directly, but I assume that the electronics inside were all soaked. I didn't see any sparks or smoke or anything, and the circuit-breaker didn't trip, but the monitor stopped working.

I quickly unplugged it, and it's been dripping urine slowly out the bottom. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any easy way to disassemble the monitor. There aren't any obvious screws that I can see. I think it's all sealed-up.

Not sure what to do now. I've read on-line that you can use rubbing alcohol (isopropyl) to clean-up urine on electronics. I'm tempted to go to the drugstore, buy a bottle of alcohol, and pour it into the ventilation slots on the back. Then let the monitor dry for a week before using it.

Does this sound like a reasonable plan? I'm open to suggestions. I'd hate to spend another $400 on a new monitor.

(Incidentally: For the purposes of this thread, I'd prefer not to discuss the cat's peeing behavior. There's a vet visit coming up, and I'm taking other sorts of measures to address this problem.)

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