Smoant Charon TC 218 dead?

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lizeris

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Rice never, NEVER, does any good to electronics. The myth on the net that you should put electronics in rice to "dry them" is wrong and can even cause additional damage. So for whatever reason you put it in there take it out.
Rice doesn't dry anything (in fact just letting something sit in a warm dry place is much more effective) and you don't want to let water sit and dry on electronics anyways. You want to wipe and/or displace it (like after a toilet session you wipe your .... and don't let it dry, right?).

Next: why did you put it in there, what problem did you try to fix? Did you drop it in water? Is there eliquid on the board?
Uhm one of the repliers suggested it, and i bought from a person which told me that it only had the check battery error, but it doesnt work, so im looking for a fix, and i cant return it because im too embarassed to ask...
 

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Okay so i put the charon in rice just now, is there any other methods i could try? I had dissasembeld it a couple days ago but not fully. Monday ill buy a small scewdriver to open it fully, and i paid for it only 10 euro, but still i thought it worked and only said check battery, but now im too embarassed to ask the seller for a refund...
no matter how cheap it might be, buying broken mods is not worth the time and hassle
 

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Uhm one of the repliers suggested it
Yeah sorry I barked at the wrong guy, but now you know. Electronics and rice don't mix except when you have an electronic rice cooker. The next time you'll know to stay away from the rice bag "trick".

I wish this myth would die every single day, it's just sad how it has spread everywhere and refuses to go.
 

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Okay so i put the charon in rice just now...

FailFish.png

Rice never, NEVER, does any good to electronics. The myth on the net that you should put electronics in rice to "dry them" is wrong and can even cause additional damage. So for whatever reason you put it in there take it out.
Rice doesn't dry anything (in fact just letting something sit in a warm dry place is much more effective) and you don't want to let water sit and dry on electronics anyways. You want to wipe and/or displace it (like after a toilet session you wipe your .... and don't let it dry, right?).

Old wive's tale or urban myth. Hair dryer on cool heat works best.
 
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untar

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Could be a myth.
It is one. Please don't spread it any further.
The rice slows down the drying and drying is already a bad measure against water in electronics.
The correct action is to displace the water with isopropyl alcohol and let it evaporate after. You could also dry the board with an antistatic cloth and then swab the whole thing with a qtip soaked in isopropyl (not as good as complete displacement).
 

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The rice thing is never gonna die. Even my husband was like, "Put it in rice" and I was like, "I know it was a while ago but do you not remember the many, varied and exiting ways we used to dry out the kid's cellphone after he'd drop it in the toilet, and rice never worked but a fan did? Plus, you are an engineer do you not know these things?"

It was kind of fun knowing about the rice when I dunked my Radius, that was like the ONLY fun thing about it actually. Lots of folks told me to put it in rice.

I don't even know if those grains of rice in salt do anything, probably. But that's a different sort of scenario and it is so ubiquitous like everyone does it. I should look that up, actually...

Nope it is apparently total BS Using Rice to Keep Salt Dry-------Theory All Wet?

If not for the fact that my husband likes rice, I would totally take all of the rice out of my house and leave it for the bunnies, maybe not might not be good for them. It's my least favorite carbohydrate and apparently has no use whatsoever for anything else. LOL.

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Maybe any advices on what rta i could use?

Well, sub-ohms wont last long on that. I would go with around a 1-2 ohm clearo or wire coil wraps like single coil setup with, single, twisted or clapton single unfused strand. I forget what they call that. No more then 6 coil wraps max.

so whatever it takes to get 6 or less coils and about 1 ohm. To maximize ur battery

If you're buying a rta watch out. Some are only dual coil with no single coil option
 
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lizeris

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Well, sub-ohms wont last long on that. I would go with around a 1-2 ohm clearo or wire coil wraps like single coil setup with, single, twisted or clapton single unfused strand. I forget what they call that. No more then 6 coil wraps max.

so whatever it takes to get 6 or less coils and about 1 ohm. To maximize ur battery

If you're buying a rta watch out. Some are only dual coil with no single coil option
Combo rdta would work?
 
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