Distilled water = non conductive Distilled water + dust + sticky alcohol that you're trying to wash off = definitely conductive See Tom's hardware guide experi

Distilled water = non conductive Distilled water + dust + sticky alcohol that you're trying to wash off = definitely conductive See Tom's hardware guide experiment where they took out the fans and instead dumped the computer into distilled water: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/strip-fans,1203.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/strip-fans,1203.html