Does distilled water conduct electricity?

[Schadenfroh]

for example, would a circuit board fry if i were to take a jug of distilled water and pour it all over it?

and damadge?

 

[KLin]

I don't believe it would. Distilled water has no minerals in it.

 

[OMGoddess]

No. there are no ions.

EDIT: For all you chem masters: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/J...A1/R1MAIN/CD1R1630.HTM

http://www.nutriteam.com/distil.htm

 

[alexeikgb]

NM

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: KLin
I don't believe it would. Distilled water has no minerals in it.

talking sam's choice brand distilled water from the walmart here

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: KLin
I don't believe it would. Distilled water has no minerals in it.

talking sam's choice brand distilled water from the walmart here

shrug, the only reason it would conduct electricity is if the water was mislabeled or whoever distilled the water doesn't know what they're doing.

 

[hevnsnt]

science experiment time!

 

[wedi42]

it would,
the motherboard is not perfectly clean, as soon as the water hits the dirty motherboard the water would conduct electricity.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Interesting.

Dump your computer parts in a bathtub of distilled water?

I think olive oil (or whatever it was) would be safer though

 

[sniperruff]

no you want de-ionized water, not distilled water.

mind you, it costs money to de-ionize water.

electricity itself is electrons no? and since water is a conductor, that would conduct electricity (electrons)

so no, don't even think about it.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Interesting.

Dump your computer parts in a bathtub of distilled water?

I think olive oil (or whatever it was) would be safer though

Or mineral oil

 

[SirStev0]

pretty shure it doesnot ...

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: johngute
it would,
the motherboard is not perfectly clean, as soon as the water hits the dirty motherboard the water would conduct electricity.

That's what I was thinking.

It's one of those "in theory" it should work as said, but in reality it most likely wouldn't.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: johngute
it would,
the motherboard is not perfectly clean, as soon as the water hits the dirty motherboard the water would conduct electricity.

That's what I was thinking.

It's one of those "in theory" it should work as said, but in reality it most likely wouldn't.

ahh, for example dust accumulation would mix with distilled water

 

[MetalMat]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
no you want de-ionized water, not distilled water.

mind you, it costs money to de-ionize water.

electricity itself is electrons no? and since water is a conductor, that would conduct electricity (electrons)

so no, don't even think about it.

Well, from what I remember in highschool physics water only conducts electricity because of the impurities in the water. Thus, if it truly distilled it would not conduct electricity. However, I am unsure how hard it is to totally distill water.

 

[RaiderJ]

I should take an old P75 and dump some distilled water on it... would that prove all this one way or the other?

 

[User1001]

As soon as deionized water touches some other material ion are introduced increasing the conductivity.

 

[Squisher]

I just brought a cellphone back from toilet death by soaking it in distilled water for 15 minutes and letting it dry for a couple of days.

It might have worked anyway after drying for a couple of days, but I gave it a try.

 

[OMGoddess]

Originally posted by: MetalMat

Originally posted by: sniperruff
no you want de-ionized water, not distilled water.

mind you, it costs money to de-ionize water.

electricity itself is electrons no? and since water is a conductor, that would conduct electricity (electrons)

so no, don't even think about it.

Well, from what I remember in highschool physics water only conducts electricity because of the impurities in the water. Thus, if it truly distilled it would not conduct electricity. However, I am unsure how hard it is to totally distill water.

It's not you just boil it collect the steam in a vaccum that is completly isolated and clean. Collect the steam and bottle it before too many impurites enter it. You can put a little bit of impurites in pure water, and it would still not conduct electricity, because the particles are too far apart.

 

[Injury]

Theoretically, it should work. However, the second you take the cap off it is prone to minor impurities. It just takes one little bit of lord knows what to change things.

 

[Kyteland]

Water is often referred to as the "universal solvent." Pure water will not conduct electricity, but as soon as you put water on something it will no longer be pure water. Depending what you put the water on it could easily become conductive.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: OMGoddess

Originally posted by: MetalMat

Originally posted by: sniperruff
no you want de-ionized water, not distilled water.

mind you, it costs money to de-ionize water.

electricity itself is electrons no? and since water is a conductor, that would conduct electricity (electrons)

so no, don't even think about it.

Well, from what I remember in highschool physics water only conducts electricity because of the impurities in the water. Thus, if it truly distilled it would not conduct electricity. However, I am unsure how hard it is to totally distill water.

It's not you just boil it collect the steam in a vaccum that is completly isolated and clean. Collect the steam and bottle it before too many impurites enter it. You can put a little bit of impurites in pure water, and it would still not conduct electricity, because the particles are too far apart.

no it's not impurities that carry electricity: the ions that you cannot see carry electricity.

even if you de-ionize some water, as soon as you expose it to air, ions would adhere to water molecules immediately... IIRC H2O have a slightly negative charge itself.

but i think if you pour water onto a circuit board, and let it to dry COMPLETELY, then there should be no harm. if you turn on the circuit while there is water, then water would conduct electricity and fry the board

and again, do not experiment at home...

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: sniperruff

Originally posted by: OMGoddess

Originally posted by: MetalMat

Originally posted by: sniperruff
no you want de-ionized water, not distilled water.

mind you, it costs money to de-ionize water.

electricity itself is electrons no? and since water is a conductor, that would conduct electricity (electrons)

so no, don't even think about it.

Well, from what I remember in highschool physics water only conducts electricity because of the impurities in the water. Thus, if it truly distilled it would not conduct electricity. However, I am unsure how hard it is to totally distill water.

It's not you just boil it collect the steam in a vaccum that is completly isolated and clean. Collect the steam and bottle it before too many impurites enter it. You can put a little bit of impurites in pure water, and it would still not conduct electricity, because the particles are too far apart.

no it's not impurities that carry electricity: the ions that you cannot see carry electricity.

even if you de-ionize some water, as soon as you expose it to air, ions would adhere to water molecules immediately... IIRC H2O have a slightly negative charge itself.

but i think if you pour water onto a circuit board, and let it to dry COMPLETELY, then there should be no harm. if you turn on the circuit while there is water, then water would conduct electricity and fry the board

and again, do not experiment at home...

water itself does not conduct electricity.

 

[Ornery]

I've been operating machines these past few months, that burns holes through metal using an electrode, cooled and flushed with distilled water: EDM / Driller

Apparently, the distilled water doesn't conduct electricity enough to screw up the process. Imagine watching and electrical arc submersed in water. It's old hat now, but it blew me away when I first saw it.

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: OMGoddess
No. there are no ions.

Would you like to take my chemistry tests for me this semester?