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Will Tension:
Hi.

Just bought my kid a magic mixie toy today, it stand that it have vegetable glycerin to make mist/smoke, it should not be harmfull for humans,

I start to wonder if it’s bad for electronics like pc and tv? Could it be current conducting or cause corrosion?

It made a lot of mist in the living room that covered the pc and the tv too, just wanted to ask, what is it really in the mist that comes out?

The moisture inside the machine itself taste very sweet and was sticky, but the mist that comes out feels dry.

Could it be only water vapor or do it contain chemicals too inside this mist that we got in the appartment?

After use i opened the door for fresh air.

Here is a link to the product if you want to see what it is :)

https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/fashion-and-dolls/magic-mixies/magic-mixies-pink-magical-crystal-ball/p/210511

Appreciate some answers

Borek:
Just glycerin, should be safe. No, it is not a good conductor so should not short circuit anything.

Will Tension:

--- Quote from: Borek on April 02, 2023, 03:25:01 PM ---Just glycerin, should be safe. No, it is not a good conductor so should not short circuit anything.

--- End quote ---

I have no idea about chemicals but im happy to get the answer from someone that know.

Thanks for the reply.

Enthalpy:
Electronic apparatus is very sensitive to short circuits, even if their resistance is high. For instance the keyboard of a laptop is sensitive to little atmospheric moisture.

I don't know the composition of the mist. Is it glycerine nanodroplets? Then they have or will absorb humidity as glycerine is hygroscopic, and conduct electricity. Not enough to blow the fuses, but enough to let electronics malfunction. It's a matter of time and deposited amount, hard to predict.

Will Tension:

--- Quote from: Enthalpy on April 03, 2023, 07:19:15 AM ---Electronic apparatus is very sensitive to short circuits, even if their resistance is high. For instance the keyboard of a laptop is sensitive to little atmospheric moisture.

I don't know the composition of the mist. Is it glycerine nanodroplets? Then they have or will absorb humidity as glycerine is hygroscopic, and conduct electricity. Not enough to blow the fuses, but enough to let electronics malfunction. It's a matter of time and deposited amount, hard to predict.

--- End quote ---

I have no idea what it is, it just stand the refill have vegetable glycerin as ingredient.

If im not wrong i think it remove water in air and make it dryer.

I dont think it was too high humidity for it to be bad moisture for electronics but more about what really is in this mist and could it be something making the inside of a pc to be corrosive/taken damage from the indegredient from the mist?

So it make me confused, does this mist conduct electic units or making damage?
Is it same as electronic cigarettes?

We only used it a couple times inside the livingroom and the smoke passed the tv and pc once and we had the door open. Question would be if it could make damage to elecric components or if it’s a safe product, ammount of smoke is like if you sucking on a electronic cigarette 4-5 times sucking in and blowing out from it.

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