2007-12-10 04:57:16 · 8 answers · asked by chile270 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Magley 64 is exactly right. This is the same reason batteries fail during cold weather.
2007-12-10 05:11:09 · answer #1 · answered by sonnie_b 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is an old wives tale. If something could draw the charge out of a battery through the bottom, The steel it sits on in a vehicle would do it a lot faster than concrete. People are just always putting old, end of life batteries on the floor, and they blame the concrete when they don't work.
2007-12-10 17:05:59 · answer #2 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The concrete draws out heat from the battery acid, and the cooler battery adid can't hold as much of a charge at a lower temperature, it discharges more, cools more, until it discharges completely...
Edit: Are you people f*ing retarded "the concrete depending on what kind, can absorb either the positive or negative charges.therfore making it not work" WHAT???
The only thing that "travels" in electricity is electrons...they are negatively charged...take a basic physics class before answering questions with old wives tales...
2007-12-10 13:01:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because a chemical in the concrets goes through the plastic on the bottom of the battery and ruins the battery acid. It has to set on concrete for over a minute for it to ruin the battery.
2007-12-10 13:00:30 · answer #4 · answered by .......... 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
in the future just sit your battery on a block of wood.
2007-12-10 13:06:53 · answer #5 · answered by good_fatrabbit 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the concrete depending on what kind, can absorb either the positive or negative charges.therfore making it not work
2007-12-10 13:01:17 · answer #6 · answered by purtypatti 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
This is an old wives tale.
There is no truth at all to this.
2007-12-10 13:46:11 · answer #7 · answered by Bert from Brandon 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its grounding on the earth
2007-12-10 13:00:21 · answer #8 · answered by invest_in_nuclear 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋