Handsweat - Have you ever had it wreck a Logicboard or trip Water Damage?

[Cide]

I am just wondering,
If anyone out there has had Handsweat cause a logic board failure.

I have had a couple MacBook Pro Mid-2012's, one of which I brought in after the MagSafe charger would not light up when plugged into the Unit. Applestore opened it up and there was corrosion (Blue and white) along the traces and leading up to some of the chips, the machine was never rained on or submerged in water. They showed me that all the water damage indicators were indicative of a liquid spill. The water damage was caused from simple hand-sweat and excessive use! They haggled with me for a bit, but eventually replaced the logic board for free, outside of AppleCare warranty. This was back in 2016 or so. The unit with the replaced logic board no longer has a functional screen, so its been used in clamshell mode exclusively, and has had no trouble with water damage or sweaty hands, thank god.

I was wondering if anyone else has had this happen or been concerned about it? I would imagine this is more of an issue with MacBook Air-type designs? Where does the moisture go? You would imagine that the Logic board should be designed to handle such things, perhaps this is why Apple replaced it for me, as logic dictates simple palm condensation wouldn't normally cause corrosion, but I do have acidic hands. (Well, we all do, some of us more than others.)

Anyway,
TLDR,
AppleCare extended Warranty, You Rock. And so does Apple Customer Service.

 

[Slartibart]

Sweating is normal. Everybody sweats. Of course, some of us sweat a little more than others, to the extreme of sweating with hyperhidrosis, which can be severe enough that it impairs your normal activities.
I know people effected, but they try not to use physical keyboards when their hands are literally dripping and they take prescribed medicamentation to do their work jobs - as programmers coincidentally.
None of their laptops ever had liquid damage due to sweat. Additionally I personally doubt that the MBP or Air design is prone to damage due to sweat. If you are not effected by hyperhidrosis the amount of sweat you leave on the keyboards will evaporate and - due to the higher temperature - not condensate inside the MB Air or Pro.

Your local humidity has probably a much higher impact - e.g. living close to the sea with day and night temperature differences with high dew points can be a problem for electronics, on or off, in general.

 

[Juicy Box]

Your local humidity has probably a much higher impact

I was thinking condensation.

Especially if someone has their Mac in a cool, air conditioned space, then takes the device outside on a hot, humid day.

I always wondered if this could lead to moisture related issues.

 

[jav6454]

Sweating causing water damage? Unless you are pouring in sweat I don't see it as a direct cause. More likely your ambient humidity is relatively and condensating.