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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Why do electronics break when they get wet?
gpt
Electronics are very sensitive to the amount of electricity that each component receives.

When electronics get wet, the water conducts the electricity all over the place and zaps the components with voltages they are not designed to handle. Connections melt or burn.

Basically, it's like what happens when a ocean wave crashes in on top of a sand castle. It obliterates the subtle design needed to make it function.