Vapor and electronics

[newkirk]

OK, I've not seen anything on this so far, wondering if someone else has, or wants to contribute some thoughts or test results:

vaping today at work, I noticed a plume of vapor getting sucked into the cooling intake fans on a network router. hmmmm.......

I'm assuming that this vapor will, over the longer term, tend to accumulate on fan blades and gunk them up a bit, no?

As far as electricity, I've not yet had the opportunity to test pure VG or PG, but I can tell you that JC Tennessee Cured (PG base) cut 50/50 with VG-based ECOmix (what I have in my pocket today ), conducts electricity with between 2.2 and 3 megohms resistance. (testing a 2-drop puddle, probes about 3-4mm apart) When I get home this evening I'll test some pur VG and some pure PG and post the outcome to this thread.

I'm assuming (again!) that exhaled vapor will consist almost exclusively of VG and/or PG, plus water if any were used in the recipe. Deionised or distilled water won't conduct electricity, but once all these things (plus nic and flavor) are blended together, vaporized, inhaled, exhaled, then condense, I'm not sure. If it IS electrically conductive at that point, then accumulations of condensed vapor on a circuit board could present long-term problems...

For someone like myself, working at a rack with 15-20 computers and at least a dozen routers and switches within 5 feet of me, this can be an important thing to know, as it could shorten the life of some rather expensive equipment. Thoughts, anybody?

j

 

[SLDS181]

Its chemically inert, and should have no effect whatsoever.

This comment is based purely on years of experience with glycol based fog machines and horrifically expensive touring a/v equipment.

 

[bigozone]

the most likely long term effect i would expect is the reduction of bearing life inside fans.

while the chemicals may not cause a hazard to the electronics if they are infact inert, you should still anticipate that the vapor being sucked into fans is going to condense and eventually gum up the insides of fans, unless the fans are totally sealed and able to be submerged in liquid.

but the damage will be nothing close to that caused by constantly having an analog sitting beside the same hardware.

i'm just realying my experience of 25yrs in the pc repair field where smoking caused many costly house calls, power supply and case fan replacements. i have no real knowledge of how eliquid behaves as the moisture evaporates but i'm sure it leaves behind a gooey mess in quantity.

i'd just use common sense and exhale the vap up above or in a different direction of all that expensive hardware.

 

[Mac]

I have yet to see pg based vapor leave a film on anything. (glass paint drywall etc) and have been vaping heavily for 9 months. VG on the other hand I have never used and I always hear how it gunks up atomizers so it could be an issue.