Vaping in the rain?

[WillyZee]

What are the risks of doing this?

not much more than singing in the rain

 

[CagedSpam]

What type of risks or dangers are present using a mech mod in the rain or submerging it in water.

Could it cause a hard short?

 

[dyanaprajna]

If I'm not mistaken, I seen an episode of Indoor Smokers where Chris reviewed a waterproof mod.

 

[dyanaprajna]

Deleted double post.

 

[Eskie]

The trick to saving a mod that gets wet is first, DO NOT press the fire button to see if it's still working. It's the current flow on a wet board that will nail it. Pull the battery if you can and just let it dry a day or two before checking if it's alright.

 

[Lessifer]

What type of risks or dangers are present using a mech mod in the rain or submerging it in water.

Could it cause a hard short?

I'm not sure, if you drop a battery, by itself, in a bucket of water, does it damage the battery?

 

[Eskie]

I'm not sure, if you drop a battery, by itself, in a bucket of water, does it damage the battery?

I'll go check. Although I might use a plastic container instead of glass and do it outside instead of the kitchen.

Oops.

 

[Kprthevapr]

If I'm not mistaken, I seen an episode of Indoor Smokers where Chris reviewed a waterproof mod.

Waterproof or water resistant? There's a difference. Waterproof means no water can get to the components. Water resistant means it can get wet, but it's not recommended that you submerge it.

 

[CagedSpam]

Living in the Pacific North Wet and using mechs this topic has me curious.

From my limited searching I have found the following. Water is a relatively poor conductor. Water contaminated cells self discharge at a greater rate than dry cells. Capacity of wet cells falls faster than dry cells.

Source: Effects of water contamination on the electrical properties of 18650 lithium-ion batteries

The entire paper is behind a paywall but the abstract is there.

 

[Lessifer]

Living in the Pacific North Wet and using mechs this topic has me curious.

From my limited searching I have found the following. Water is a relatively poor conductor. Water contaminated cells self discharge at a greater rate than dry cells. Capacity of wet cells falls faster than dry cells.

Source: Effects of water contamination on the electrical properties of 18650 lithium-ion batteries

The entire paper is behind a paywall but the abstract is there.

I'm wondering if "water contaminated" means a wet cell, or water actually getting into the cell?

 

[Zutankhamun]

I think the battery (unvented ) is a sealed unit. So I don't think the water would impact it. Neither rice.

This is something I heard somewhere but it is nothing I would ever try myself.
Just buy a new one.

Please correct me if you know I'm mistaken. I'll delete the post

Don't want to spread that dangerous info

By the way. Light rain is cool. Torrential downpour? I wouldn't.
Electronics + water = not good

 

[Opinionated]

I'm not sure, if you drop a battery, by itself, in a bucket of water, does it damage the battery?

I read somewhere someone talking about their sigelei getting wet when they were working in wet conditions, and their battery started venting/smoking and the device shorting..I think that sounds like a hard short to me?

They said the device was in their pocket, but I don't know the exact situation..(how wet etc )

 

[samandmax]

I read somewhere someone talking about their sigelei getting wet when they were working in wet conditions, and their battery started venting/smoking and the device shorting..I think that sounds like a hard short to me?

They said the device was in their pocket, but I don't know the exact situation..(how wet etc )

Luckily vaping nor smoking isn't allowed where I work.....