Silly Electrical Question

[mooreted]

I am kind of clueless when it comes to electrical connections.

Looking at my eGo battery I see a center post. I assume it is the positive post and the outer casing where the threads are must be ground. I grab my VOM and test it, and sure enough that is the case.

Here's what brings up my question: The center post is not very far from the outer casing. It seems that if you were to flood that area with juice and press the button it should short out. I am not going to test that theory.

Why doesn't juice flooding cause the eGo battery to just short out when you press the button? Or does it?

 

[redbucket]

Because unless you're doing something very, very wrong, you never flood the battery with juice. You might flood the atty with juice, and have to drain it. But you should never be pouring juice into your battery. That's just silly.

 

[scalewiz]

That center post is insulated from the outer casing by a silicone sleeve. If you look at the center post, you should notice that there is no hole in it like there is on an automatic battery. If the silicone sleeve insulator is intact and undamaged, it should prevent juice from getting down into the battery. Automatic batteries have a small hole in the center of that post; they have problems if the atomizer is flooded, in that juice can then flow down into the battery, and it will eventually damage the battery.

Juice is non-conductive of electricity. The voltage levels present in vaping will not cause enough current to flow to conduct between that center post and the outer case. Unless juice can actually get down into the battery, a little juice in there should cause no electrical problem.

Juice in there will create a bubbling sensation when taking a toot; simply unscrew your device and use a cotton swab to soak up the juice and clean the thread area.

 

[mooreted]

Because unless you're doing something very, very wrong, you never flood the battery with juice. You might flood the atty with juice, and have to drain it. But you should never be pouring juice into your battery. That's just silly.

Well, that ruins my plans for the evening.

 

[mooreted]

Ah, non-conductive, that makes sense.

There have been a couple of times when a carto leaked on me and I've had so sop up some juice and I was just wondering why it didn't short from the positive center post to the ground since there was juice on both.