Equipment and the rain

Flecktarn

After bringing a few of my AEG's outside and it started to rain I wondered
what I should do because this has never really dawned on me.

Surely it cant be good for them due Water=Conducter of electricy

And what about GBB pistols and spring rifles and the likes?

(Mods move if appropriate)

chalky

Contrary to popular belief, pure water (rain) is not a good conductor. It only becomes a good conductor if other stuff (such as salt) is added to it.
I'd be more concerned about it rusting.

Toasty113

Well Ive played in the pain plenty and the worst that happened was a blown fuse on an Aeg. That may hav hurt the motor if there was no fuse. If your working with full metal externals you might risk rust if u dont get a towel and get rid most of the water or inevitable muck. As for GBB and spring rifles the same should hold true. And keep good maintenance on the pistol after rain. Other than all that there shouldnt be any major issues

Stercus Accidit

Steel aegs rust, and end up stuck solid for good!

I've never worried about being fried by an aeg, it is much more likely to short out the fuse sooner than arc through your body for some reason.

Preventing rust and corrosion is about it, but I always sling an aeg barrel down in drizzel, to keep the barrel clean for accuracy.

BioHazRd

chalky wrote: »

Contrary to popular belief, pure water (rain) is not a good conductor. It only becomes a good conductor if other stuff (such as salt) is added to it.
I'd be more concerned about it rusting.

Contrary to popular belief, in the environment we live in, rain is anything but pure. It is slightly acidic which will accelerate any chances of corrosion. A regular wipedown with a rag impregnated with a small amount of silicon spray will go a long way to protecting the body. As for any electrical problems, I wouldnt see much chance of that happening as most aegs electrical circuits are pretty well protected against the like of rain etc. Dunking your aeg in a ditch / puddle etc would be a bad thing, and if it should happen, I would recommend disconnecting the battery as soon as possible and then when you get home, strip the gun as much as you can (including the gearbox if you have the ability), dry it and leave it in the hot press for 24 hrs. Once that is done, silicon spray / gear box grease and a visual inspection followed by reassembly and testing should tell you if you survived

Jimbobak47

Just played in torrents of rain with Dkit airsoft club today and everything was/is soaked but no damage or problems while I was out there, as the lads said Its only the rust later that will matter.

seamus-2k7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0bGkyd3PZQ&feature=PlayList&p=26989FFCA8C03624&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=70

Can't say I'd recommend it.

Toasty113

"other than that, it worked perfect" until two days later when the entire internals turned to rust

Harlequin Wolf

I've skirmished plenty of times in the rain, and as sid above pure water is not conductive it's the IMPURITIES in the water that conduct. Just inspect your AEG for rust every once in a while if it's metal.

extremetaz

Just to put one notion to bed - no matter how hard you try, you are never going to do youself any damage by way of electric shock from a 9.6V battery (or an 11.1V for that matter and those it may concern).

Second point - no short, anywhere in the circuit of an AEG is going to do any direct damage to the motor. The worst that can happen would be for the trigger switch to short out hence the gun would merely continue to fire until you disconnect the battery or the battery dies.

Any short occuring at any other point in the circuit will merely pop the fuse.

I've skirmished in conditions where the rain was literally pouring down, I've be saturated, my AEG's been saturated, and absolutely nothing has ever gone wrong with the AEG save very poor firing consistency on account of water getting onto the hop-up.

Rain ain't a problem from a functional point of view.

And for a significant enough volume of water to get into the gearbox in order to cause rusting, you almost certainly have to submerge the entire AEG - even then, the bearing grease would most likely prevent any seizure from occuring.

Cosmetic rust is the worst you'll get.