Or to be more specific, a question about the shorting potential of an 18650:
I know if the positive & negative terminals on the battery come in contact with each other and shorts, lots of boomage (or at least fire&brimstone) is to be expected. I also know the entire outer casing of the battery is negative. So needless to say, I'm extremely careful when handling my batteries.
I also assume that touching a battery on both sides simultaenously (with your fingers) isn't dangerous because the resistance of your skin is way too high to cause a short. (I still don't touch the batteries like that, but I've noticed most people do).
However, my question has more to do with e-liquid. What happens if, in a BB (or a Reo, I guess), e-liquid or condensation makes its way to the battery's positive end? It can theoretically seep in beneath the insulator quite easily, and connect the positive to the negative. Is the liquid's resistance also too high (and conductivity also too low) to cause a short?
Again, I'm assuming that's the case, otherwise the designers of the BB would probably never had had the battery in such close unsealed proximity to the tank. But I'd like some technical opinions on this, out of curiosity.
I know if the positive & negative terminals on the battery come in contact with each other and shorts, lots of boomage (or at least fire&brimstone) is to be expected. I also know the entire outer casing of the battery is negative. So needless to say, I'm extremely careful when handling my batteries.
I also assume that touching a battery on both sides simultaenously (with your fingers) isn't dangerous because the resistance of your skin is way too high to cause a short. (I still don't touch the batteries like that, but I've noticed most people do).
However, my question has more to do with e-liquid. What happens if, in a BB (or a Reo, I guess), e-liquid or condensation makes its way to the battery's positive end? It can theoretically seep in beneath the insulator quite easily, and connect the positive to the negative. Is the liquid's resistance also too high (and conductivity also too low) to cause a short?
Again, I'm assuming that's the case, otherwise the designers of the BB would probably never had had the battery in such close unsealed proximity to the tank. But I'd like some technical opinions on this, out of curiosity.