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I’d be seriously concerned about the risk of water ingress, but I figure it would be much safer to just have a little fan blasting the thing.

outop 2y ago
A fan wouldn't cool down a dry plastic handle. Fans cool you down because you are wet and the air flow makes the water on you evaporate a bit quicker.
- pmalynin 2y ago
  Huh? Are you claiming convection doesn’t exist?
- phyzome 2y ago
  Fans cool things down when those things are hotter than the air.
recursive 2y ago
These things have to run in downpours of rain. A wet towel is nothing.
- OJFord 2y ago
  It's different, it's sort of very shallow submersion. IPX2 is the rating for angular rainfall; immersion (admittedly up to a meter of pressure, as it were, not just a towel wrap) is IPX7. I think certainly you could have a 'rainproof' product not withstand a wet towel.
  - dghlsakjg 2y ago
    I assure you that a wet towel is nothing like immersion. Immersion has significant pressure differentials, which is why IP ratings factor time as well. If you don't believe me, wipe your computer down with a wet towel. Still works right? Now submerge it, even briefly, and observe its functioning.
    - OJFord 2y ago
      'sort of' and 'very shallow', I said. You could write the same comment about it being nothing like dripping or spraying water ('If you don't believe me ... Now blast a hose at it') which was my point.
      - recursive 2y ago
        Different respondent here. I'd put it a different way. I don't think there's a realistic chance of problems with water infiltrating the charger from a wet towel. Maybe overheating, but I don't know about that.
        OJFord 2y ago
        That's fine, I've never seen one of them, I wasn't making a judgement on that. I said 'I think you could certainly have a product [...]'. Any porous material would be a lot more resistant to rain than the wet towel, for example.
        Dylan16807 2y ago
        > 'sort of' and 'very shallow', I said. Yes, but you also said it was more than rainfall. A towel is so overly shallow that it becomes less than rain. > Any porous material would be a lot more resistant to rain than the wet towel, for example. That doesn't sound right to me. Rain will stick around in spots, and those spots will be wetter than under a towel.
        OJFord 2y ago
        No I did not. I said it's different.
        Dylan16807 2y ago
        If it's different in a way that is never more than rain, then how could it cause a problem? It has to be more in some way for your argument to make logical sense. Or was I unclear that I meant "more in some situations than rain ever is". If that's it, then sorry, my bad.

outop 2y ago

A fan wouldn't cool down a dry plastic handle. Fans cool you down because you are wet and the air flow makes the water on you evaporate a bit quicker.

pmalynin 2y ago
Huh? Are you claiming convection doesn’t exist?
phyzome 2y ago
Fans cool things down when those things are hotter than the air.

recursive 2y ago

These things have to run in downpours of rain. A wet towel is nothing.

OJFord 2y ago
It's different, it's sort of very shallow submersion. IPX2 is the rating for angular rainfall; immersion (admittedly up to a meter of pressure, as it were, not just a towel wrap) is IPX7. I think certainly you could have a 'rainproof' product not withstand a wet towel.
- dghlsakjg 2y ago
  I assure you that a wet towel is nothing like immersion. Immersion has significant pressure differentials, which is why IP ratings factor time as well. If you don't believe me, wipe your computer down with a wet towel. Still works right? Now submerge it, even briefly, and observe its functioning.
  - OJFord 2y ago
    'sort of' and 'very shallow', I said. You could write the same comment about it being nothing like dripping or spraying water ('If you don't believe me ... Now blast a hose at it') which was my point.
    - recursive 2y ago
      Different respondent here. I'd put it a different way. I don't think there's a realistic chance of problems with water infiltrating the charger from a wet towel. Maybe overheating, but I don't know about that.
      - OJFord 2y ago
        That's fine, I've never seen one of them, I wasn't making a judgement on that. I said 'I think you could certainly have a product [...]'. Any porous material would be a lot more resistant to rain than the wet towel, for example.
        Dylan16807 2y ago
        > 'sort of' and 'very shallow', I said. Yes, but you also said it was more than rainfall. A towel is so overly shallow that it becomes less than rain. > Any porous material would be a lot more resistant to rain than the wet towel, for example. That doesn't sound right to me. Rain will stick around in spots, and those spots will be wetter than under a towel.
        OJFord 2y ago
        No I did not. I said it's different.
        Dylan16807 2y ago
        If it's different in a way that is never more than rain, then how could it cause a problem? It has to be more in some way for your argument to make logical sense. Or was I unclear that I meant "more in some situations than rain ever is". If that's it, then sorry, my bad.