Well I got the 9V battery holder replacement and connected it and it wouldn’t power on so something was amiss. There’s a teacher at my school who’s an electronics whiz 
whose built his own home made pi machine and offered to take a look at my detector. I took it to him yesterday. He re-soldered all my connections and made them cleaner and sealed the base connection that goes into the main control box. He powered on the machine but he said it was erratic. He asked me for permission to open up the rest of the unit, and I gave it to him since I had nothing to lose. It turns out some water entered the main electronics and he said that it smelled like rotten eggs when he opened it up. There are silica gel packets contained inside which he said are designed to take up moisture from pressure and temperature changes. As you can see by the pics, it took in water and there’s some damage to a circuit. 
The front gasket that’s under the controls was dry according to him and its his opinion that there should’ve been some “residual sealer” that he should’ve seen. How water got in to a compartment that it’s supposed and designed to not go into is upsetting to me.
Now it’s off to Fisher on Monday and be at their mercy for the cost. 
whose built his own home made pi machine and offered to take a look at my detector. I took it to him yesterday. He re-soldered all my connections and made them cleaner and sealed the base connection that goes into the main control box. He powered on the machine but he said it was erratic. He asked me for permission to open up the rest of the unit, and I gave it to him since I had nothing to lose. It turns out some water entered the main electronics and he said that it smelled like rotten eggs when he opened it up. There are silica gel packets contained inside which he said are designed to take up moisture from pressure and temperature changes. As you can see by the pics, it took in water and there’s some damage to a circuit. The front gasket that’s under the controls was dry according to him and its his opinion that there should’ve been some “residual sealer” that he should’ve seen. How water got in to a compartment that it’s supposed and designed to not go into is upsetting to me. Now it’s off to Fisher on Monday and be at their mercy for the cost. Attachments
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