Thread: Jump your battery with aspirin?
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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Default Re: Jump your battery with aspirin?
Originally Posted by amx1397
you would be best served by taking the pills yourself

great response onehundered


I'll second that.

It goes back to physics, my friends. To get 300 or more amperes of current from a battery, you need ENERGY. That energy comes from charging, and your car's alternator does that charging.

Just where does this energy come from when you drop the aspirin in? Now, perhaps the chemical(s) in the aspirin DO cause a reaction in the cells that produces some (let's call it "latent") energy. But enough to crank a V6 engine?

Ok fine, I can't say for sure it's B.S. without testing the idea myself... but I do lean toward throwing a "B.S." flag down on this one.
 
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