Batteries and Water

[Southpawtact]

Reading around I've seen that whenever people talk about getting a battery holder/carrier, they want it to be waterproof. What happens if batteries are submerged in water? Do they short? Are they ruined?

Thanks

 

[Mr Happy]

They get rusty.

 

[skyfire]

i once dropped a rcr123 into the toilet (dont ask how LOL) i left it alone for a few days, then tested it, and it still works fine.

 

[roadie]

i once dropped a rcr123 into the toilet (dont ask how LOL) i left it alone for a few days, then tested it, and it still works fine.

but does it smells ???

 

[Burgess]

FWIW . . . .


Energizer AA & AAA Lithium batteries USED to say "Don't get wet" on their packages.


But now, that one line has been REMOVED from the list of cautions/warnings.


That's gotta' be a good sign, eh ? ? ?



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[Beamhead]

i once dropped a rcr123 into the toilet (dont ask how LOL) i left it alone for a few days, then tested it, and it still works fine.

I have to ask how.

 

[Lumenz]

What I want to know is how and why he left it alone for a few days. Were you just able to hold it that long?

 

[bthrel]

i once dropped a rcr123 into the toilet (dont ask how LOL) i left it alone for a few days, then tested it, and it still works fine.

Its flashlight food man, not people food.. :toilet:

 

[AnAppleSnail]

Reading around I've seen that whenever people talk about getting a battery holder/carrier, they want it to be waterproof. What happens if batteries are submerged in water? Do they short? Are they ruined?

Thanks

+1 on the 'getting rusty.' A battery is already a sealed packet of chemistry, its vents are only supposed to open under high pressure (Less explodey that way). The conductivity of water's pretty low - even a swimming pool can only be up to something like 100 ohms per inch. Tap water's much lower.

 

[Burgess]

Its flashlight food man, not people food.. :toilet:

:lolsign::lolsign::lolsign::goodjob:
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