Whittie
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My basement flooded last night, which is where all my set up is...
Hd's, router, switch, cables etc. Luckily I've still not got a synology box I said I want.
Router was instantly fucked, won't turn on. That's sat in rice atm, as are the harddrives, the switch is broken too but i couldn't GAF about.
Question is....
As above in the pic, you can see water all over the cables, its inside too, when I unplugged them water was inside. Best to replace the wall unit? (Obviously wires coming downwards would be alright).
Thanks
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John
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If it's just been fresh water I think it'll be fine if you dry it out properly.
I'd do that first before buying a new one.
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VrsTurbo
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the metal isnt treated so if its not dried out it will rust and cause a shitty connection
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Brett
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Choker that mate 
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pow
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Personal experience of a similar issue says yes I would replace them, cut as much of the incoming cable back as possible
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pow
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Alex, where is the patress box  
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Whittie
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Don't really need one there to be fair, faceplate suffices.
Obviously have one in the actual room it leads to.
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Dom
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Is that coax feeding cat 5/6? 
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John
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Looks like the purple cat5 you get in reels.
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Whittie
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Coming down is Cat 6, multi coloured's are also cat 6?
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Nismo
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If theres ever a chance of it happening again, I would re-cable the basement in external grade cat 5 then it wouldn't be a problem.
Put all comms in a rack cabinet bolted to the wall as high up as possible.
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Dom
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The black/dark purple cable (yet to see cat cable in black/dark purple, usually reels i use is the usual grey/yellow/blue) looked similar to the coax i've been using and thought it was 'interesting' way to feed coax about; don't mind me 
As mentioned, if the cabling has been submerged then ideally cut it back and re-terminate. Otherwise let it all dry out properly and it should be fine. Although i'd recommend putting your connections/wall-socket in a IP65 box and mount gear as high as possible.
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Whittie
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Just to put your mind at rest (and pows)
Dark Grey cable off a reel... Just dodgy light in the top picture
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pow
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I don't mind
To answer your question I'd reterminate
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