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?