Originally Posted by
pilotmike
Your efforts to liken water's effect on a battery (many hundreds or thousands of Ohms, and negligible Wattage)
I made no effort to liken water's effect on a battery. I made no comment about water nor Li Ion batteries in this thread.
But since you brought it up: The resistance of water depends on the distance between the battery terminals and the amount of contaminants in the water. Since both are variable, it would be improper to say that water always has a resistance of "hundreds or thousands of ohms" when surrounding any given battery. Short terminal spacing and salty water (margarita? who knows) would result in far less resistance than you think. But still I never claimed it was a bad idea to dump a li ion battery in water.
A little off-topic, but interesting tidbit: On every one I've tested, the little light on the Mae West doesn't activate in fresh water. Only saltwater.