vaping around naked hardware

[Squirl]

I have an external ATI Radeon HD 3450 and i rather enjoy vaping was wondering if it could hurt it.
https://imgur.com/gallery/jQ3hM

 

[Nerdy Nerd]

Well I don't know much about vaping but it might hurt it since when you vape it will release a smoke like substance that could lead to condensations and thus liquid on a electronic part. Since you do not have the Radeon 3450 in the case, it would be susceptible to this. However, I don't think there is enough of it to get to that point. So I guess what I am trying to say is that it could go either way, I don't vape and I simply do not know to be honest.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

That "smoke-like" substance is actually vapour, nothing to do with smoke.

Vapour contains water droplets so I would be wary of smoking it around a PC or components.

Save your vaping for when you have a tea break, you're likely to spend less time at your PC if you do that, and that's a good thing.

 

[Nerdy Nerd]

Oh it is vapor then, ya then I stand by what I said before about condensation.

 

[Ralston18]

Vaping.....

Like many, many others I grew up when smoking was not considered harmful or even recognized as being potentially harmful.

Make the matter moot: give up vaping and find something else to enjoy.

Your (and others) choice. Remember this is the "Opinions and Experiences" forum.

Will leave it at that.

 

[zer0c007]

I vape and yes it does contain minute water droplets but I think liquid cooling is more dangerous, thats more likely to crap all over your hardware before vaping does.

 

[Nerdy Nerd]

With liquid cooling, there are custom and then closed loop. I have the h100i gtx watercooler which is closed loop and not custom. Models like mine that are closed loops, almost never fail and corsair has only had 2 incidents where they're system failed I think. So in terms of closed loops, I disagree with you. Custom has possible user error written all over it and in custom stand point, you might be right that its more dangerous.