white chalky stuff in box mod???

[needtoknow]

I finally got my first box mod built and it worked awsome, battery lasted about 6-7 hrs when I went to open it up to take out the battery there was a bunch of white chalky kind of powder in the inside of the box stuck mainly to the back side (the half with out the parts and batt)
Did I do something wrong? well I am supervising the charging now Hope nothing blows up,,,, has anyone else heard of this or experienced it?

 

[icemanx3]

Was that leaking from the battery? Wowsa!

ice

 

[needtoknow]

not sure where it came from? after the second charge it does not seem to be doing it this time so far, one other thing is, it does not always work right away every time when I push the button

 

[kcofohio]

Is the batt the protected rechargeable type? If not, I'd quit using it. Is the environment that you had the mod in dusty in any way. If the batt is protected and checks out ok, sounds like particles may have gotten into your switch.

 

[JonnyVapΣ]

Are you sure that wasn't there before? That's usually vapor accumulation from typical Cyanoacrylate type glue. AKA: "Super Glue".

 

[icemanx3]

Are you sure that wasn't there before? That's usually vapor accumulation from typical Cyanoacrylate type glue. AKA: "Super Glue".

JV, exactly what I was thinking...OP...did you use super glue? I've noticed that creates white debris around areas it's being used on. A side story, when I was young, after getting braces off I had an oral retainer. It cracked in half so I would often super glue it together until I could make it to my next ortho appt. When I finally made it in, my ortho was shocked! He told me never to use super glue again, for anything that goes into your body...because it contains cyanide!! LOL!!!

GL ice

ice

 

[JonnyVapΣ]

Oh that's just funny.

 

[needtoknow]

I believe you have hit it on the head, I did use super glue, have not had any problems after the first use though, thanks for the help

 

[FlyerTom]

When I finally made it in, my ortho was shocked! He told me never to use super glue again, for anything that goes into your body...because it contains cyanide!! LOL!!!

That's a crock. Cyanoacrylate glue was developed to join tiny blood vessels that were too small for sutures together during surgery. The stuff is very benign to the body. I've used it myself many times to close a cut when there was no other first aid available. Oh - and it's great to glue a partially ripped fingernail back together, too!

 

[lefear]

That's a crock. Cyanoacrylate glue was developed to join tiny blood vessels that were too small for sutures together during surgery. The stuff is very benign to the body. I've used it myself many times to close a cut when there was no other first aid available. Oh - and it's great to glue a partially ripped fingernail back together, too!

That is correct. I was going to post something similar.
All cyanide is is a carbon and nitrogen bonded together. In organic chemistry carbon-nitrogen bonds are used everywhere.
BTW, if you are worried about ingesting anything with cyanide in it then you better stop tacking your vitamin B12 which is cyanocobalamin.

 

[SethG]

BTW, if you are worried about ingesting anything with cyanide in it then you better stop tacking your vitamin B12 which is cyanocobalamin.

And throw out your table salt as it might contain Sodium ferrocyanide or Potassium ferrocyanide as an anti-caking agent. They don't commonly use it anymore, it's usually Calcium silicate these days...

 

[JonnyVapΣ]

Stay away from Dihydrogen Monoxide as well. It's found in antifreeze! It's also corrosive!

 

[lefear]

LMAO
I tried to stop consuming Dihydrogen Monoxide
Doc told me that unless I went back on the addictive chemical, I would only have three days left to live.

 

[JonnyVapΣ]

It's a vicious cycle.