> Now, I'm not sure, but I would not think that water alone
> would "short" the wires. Actualy, distilled water is close
> to an isolator, I think. Heavily salted water will be a less
> of an isolator, but "shorted" and "massive currents", well,
> I don't know...

Quoted from a reply by Jan-Erik, buried within a [PIC] 
thread...

Where I work, we have a NanoPure filtration system which
is fed deionized water.  The little gauge for water quality is
given in MOhms of resistance; we get worried if it drops
below 18 MOhms.

Of course, I don't know what that means- if it's a reference
to "resistance per centimeter of a 1 cm diameter column",
or what, but I'd imagine it's over a pretty small distance.

Anyone else have any input on this?  It's a good thing for
people like us to know more about.  Perhaps I'll do some
experiments...

Mike H.
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