# battery on concrete=dead battery?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-on-concrete-dead-battery/225588>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 22, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-on-concrete-dead-battery/225588 "2004-01-22T05:55:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-on-concrete-dead-battery/225588/21 "2015-10-14T22:37:20Z")

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New thread merged with an old one (from 2004) it was a response to.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-on-concrete-dead-battery/225588/22 "2015-10-14T23:06:43Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> New thread merged with an old one (from 2004) it was a response to.
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> Colibri  
> General Questions Moderator

Thanks.

> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> **MidiMagic** ’s information is accurate, but very much outdated.
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> There are two things going on here…{snip}

Great post, and I picked up little pieces here and there along the internet of most of what you’re saying here, and it’s nice to get all of it in one concise post.

One thing I couldn’t find is **MidiMagic’s** claiming it is in some PS article. There may be some PS article about it in the thirties, but just don’t think they would worded it like that without further clarification.

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