Water isn’t Conductive

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]People say water conducts electricity.

[00:00:01]>> [music] >> And yeah, it looks that way. Drop a plugged-in device in water and it goes bad fast. [music] So it feels like the water is the problem. But pure water by itself actually doesn't conduct electricity well at all. What is the conducting are the tiny dissolved minerals and impurities inside it. Salt, metals, even trace ions, those are the real carriers. Which means most water we deal with isn't really just water. It's a mixture. So when electricity moves through it, it's not the water doing the work. It's everything in it.