Red wine to help charge batteries?

galloway · 08-05-2010, 12:38 PM

Here is the video. Lets discuss.....

http://science.discovery.com/videos/...l-is-good.html

LostHusker · 08-05-2010, 12:42 PM

WTH, maybe there is a reason I don't like wine....... Interesting I wonder how true this is, I will stay tuned...

SpoiledRotten · 08-05-2010, 12:56 PM

I couldn't see the vid from where I am right now, but wine halways elps me barge my chatteries. I glet a gass, then go chug my plarger in....

galloway · 08-05-2010, 12:58 PM

I got some dead batteries that I might just get "wasted" hahaha.

galloway · 08-05-2010, 01:02 PM

I almost want to pour a glass and put a multimeter in it. hahaha

roady89 · 08-05-2010, 01:07 PM

It has something to do with the acid in wine. It makes for a quick boost but not for the long run. The same thing is true with aspirin. It forms acetylsalicylic acid that gives the batt some extra charge to get going but not good for the longevity.

impdaddy · 08-05-2010, 01:17 PM

Thank You Mr. Wizard.

(bet most ppl don't remember mr. wizard)

galloway · 08-05-2010, 01:22 PM

I do I do

OLD MEC · 08-05-2010, 01:23 PM

It could be that wine added would give some help to start a discharged batterys that needs replacing anyway, but by just waiting awhile even a low battery will build up some surface charge that could do the same thing? By adding wine to a good but discharged battery what damage would it do to a still good battery in the long run? I have seen and some times even tried some stranger things to get a dead battery back to life, but this is something else? I have tried vineger, apple cider, Coke Cola, even battery acid with a lime mix all of which might have given same effect as wine without it helping in anyway I could see? It might help as much to drink the wine and wait for battery to build a surface charge?
In the early years after WW2 I worked with kid that would come to work and within an hour be DRUNK? The boss and I couldnt figure it out as he never went near his auto to get a drink, until one day I caught him drinking a glass of water with a little battery acid mixed in for a spike causing an almost instant drunk effect?
I guess we should have hooked him to the starter for instant power?

SpoiledRotten · 08-05-2010, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OLD MEC

one day I caught him drinking a glass of water with a little battery acid mixed in for a spike causing an almost instant drunk effect?

08-05-2010, 12:38 PM	#1
galloway Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 495	Red wine to help charge batteries? Here is the video. Lets discuss..... http://science.discovery.com/videos/...l-is-good.html

08-05-2010, 12:42 PM	#2
LostHusker Just one day at a time Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: South TX Posts: 8,650	Re: Red wine to help charge batteries? WTH, maybe there is a reason I don't like wine....... Interesting I wonder how true this is, I will stay tuned...

08-05-2010, 12:56 PM	#3
SpoiledRotten Conservatively Wild Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Below the Mason Dixon Posts: 3,610	Re: Red wine to help charge batteries? I couldn't see the vid from where I am right now, but wine halways elps me barge my chatteries. I glet a gass, then go chug my plarger in....

08-05-2010, 12:58 PM	#4
galloway Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 495	Re: Red wine to help charge batteries? I got some dead batteries that I might just get "wasted" hahaha.

08-05-2010, 01:02 PM	#5
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08-05-2010, 01:07 PM	#6
roady89 nimda Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 13,022	Re: Red wine to help charge batteries? It has something to do with the acid in wine. It makes for a quick boost but not for the long run. The same thing is true with aspirin. It forms acetylsalicylic acid that gives the batt some extra charge to get going but not good for the longevity.
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08-05-2010, 01:17 PM	#7
impdaddy Gone Wild Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 284	Re: Red wine to help charge batteries? Thank You Mr. Wizard. (bet most ppl don't remember mr. wizard)

08-05-2010, 01:22 PM	#8
galloway Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 495	Re: Red wine to help charge batteries? I do I do

08-05-2010, 01:23 PM	#9
OLD MEC Gone Wild Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Texas Posts: 2,391	Re: Red wine to help charge batteries? It could be that wine added would give some help to start a discharged batterys that needs replacing anyway, but by just waiting awhile even a low battery will build up some surface charge that could do the same thing? By adding wine to a good but discharged battery what damage would it do to a still good battery in the long run? I have seen and some times even tried some stranger things to get a dead battery back to life, but this is something else? I have tried vineger, apple cider, Coke Cola, even battery acid with a lime mix all of which might have given same effect as wine without it helping in anyway I could see? It might help as much to drink the wine and wait for battery to build a surface charge? In the early years after WW2 I worked with kid that would come to work and within an hour be DRUNK? The boss and I couldnt figure it out as he never went near his auto to get a drink, until one day I caught him drinking a glass of water with a little battery acid mixed in for a spike causing an almost instant drunk effect? I guess we should have hooked him to the starter for instant power?

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