From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!gdw
Newsgroups: net.tv
Title: Beer and Batteries
Article-I.D.: harpo.917
Posted: Tue Aug  3 12:32:31 1982
Received: Wed Aug  4 03:16:33 1982

A recent (Aug 1) episode of "CHiPs" had a scene showing the
effects of pouring beer onto a "leaking" car battery.
It caused considerable sparking and smoke but no actual
flames.  Does anyone know if this was for real and/or
what the chemical action was?