Greetings! A frozen hose bib led to water draining directly on to a stack of enterprise switches, router, wireless controller, and UPS. Power was cut by the site staff but quickly restored after the water was shut off and the source of the leak was identified and fixed. Surprisingly, all gear powered back on without issue and has been operational since. A remediation company deployed dryers which ran for ~5 days. I am submitting the entire stack of gear for replacement as part of the insurance claim but am getting pushback about the likelihood of future failure. If the equipment did not fail immediately, am I wrong to insist it be replaced to professionally remediated to prevent corrosion and other water-related problems?
Searching on Google has led me to articles and guides for hurricane conditions but nothing clearly says soaked equipment will have a shorter life. Has anyone fought this fight or produced compelling evidence to convince insurance adjusters to cover it?
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