DieHard Battery vs. 6 Cars

[42zerodro]

haha if you believe this your a dumbass your telling me one battery that is frozen can power up 6 cars a good battery is what 12.6v and 14.2v when its running nope that horse shit the electrons on the battery will be slower to react with one another when you turn on the car it would have to split power into 6 so thats like 2.1v each, anything less 10 volts wont even let a car turn over. So please Die Hard stop advertising fake bullshit

[batterez]

@42zerodro Alternator?

[LOPEZdJUNGLIST]

johnny 5 mother fucker

[elitejohnlp]

Probably. It's CCA (at 0F) is over 1,100A. They staggered the starts. It has 205 minutes RC @ 25A (which means, if you put a 25 amp load on it, it will power it for 205 minutes (3 hours 25 minutes) before dropping below 10.2V). I have no doubt it would be able to start 6 cummins (5.9 or 6.7) with grid heaters running without an issue. I'm talking about the PM-1 btw

[ineedmorehelp911]

what would happen if you sat on it

[90129081]

@ineedmorehelp911 DIEHARD BATTERIES WILL BURN YOUR ASS

[bryced185]

my dad got me this battery, thanks dad :) hahaha

[86Ivar]

DIEHARD can you please stop adding this to stumbleupon? thank you.

[MoparKawi]

I agree start cold diesels. That would be a true test.

[BoxNinjaProductions]

cool.

[cheezjacker]

hey if its so good why not using it to power an electric vehicle

[MrWorkman482]

@cheezjacker Cheapest bidder, that's why

[julianbell90]

@cheezjacker yea, i wanna see that!

[dhfdfsfg]

wow i need one of them!

[90Ming90]

could that thing power up 6 cold(-5 degree celsius) diesel engines?

[86Ivar]

Try to start all the cars simultaniously! you could start hundreds of cars the way you do, cause the started cars give power for the not yet started cars!

[RyanUnplugged]

@86Ivar good observation, you're totally right, what a scam this experiment was.

[TacticalSuperRebel]

Nice advertising, like any other car battery with the same power rating wouldn't do that, sure the Die Hard might last longer, but they act like its six times more powerful than your average battery, LOL 9and it only started one at a time watch closely)

[DopePhotography]

if you notice they didnt start all the cars at the same time so pretty much theyre only turning on one car

[snaphappy7530]

@DopePhotography the cars could have different start up times.

[samn100]

Diehard vs Thermite. Epic thermite win

[Xxoax]

@samn100 Battery vs Reactionary chemicals like thermite? Well true they both are but sheesh thermite is cool compared to a battery!

[samn100]

Thermite would melt right through the battery :)

[REBEL2250]

doubt it.

[styles707]

Die hard are the shit man my dad went threw like 3 or 4 optima batterys on his 99 vette and got a diehard and has never let him down once!

[RU469NO]

Back of the ice is chisled out cables down thru drilled holes. But what gets me the Cars in 1973 took a crap load of cranking amps six cars today would equal 2 cars back then does Sears think us just stupid or what. Im going to buy an interstate battery now just for the stupidity

[DopePhotography]

@RU469NO actually you pretty stupid because back then batteries were much smaller and need much less power to start because everything ran manually and didnt have a ton of electronics. so you actually need more battery power to start a modern car vs a vintage car. indeed interstate is better

[RU469NO]

1973 Cadilac cranking amp spec at start up @35degF 570amps. 2009 Cadilac STS @35DegF 179amps. PER GM Engineers site and I am a Retired Electrical Engineer from GM. Your Turn

[proximxr]

Wow owned...hard..

[RU469NO]

Furthermore If you noticed when you crank your vehicle everything except ECM and Starter Disengage. No Electronics operate during this period. So your theory on old cars not accurate. I Do Agree with you on interstate. If Diehards were the best why doesnt semi trucks use them? My freind who owns 7 18wheelers sayes he uses interstate also

[99MLSMediaGroup]

My diehard sat for 3 years, and the truck started on the first crank.

[brentzittel]

looks like i gotta get a diehard battery.

[57vett]

gay the batey should of shorted uot

[trdnismoguy]

technaly watter(ice)is an insolator so no it wouldnt

[NeoNoggie]

@trdnismoguy Only pure water is an insulator, any impurities cause it to conduct.

[trdnismoguy]

yea that is what i was talking about ppl think it conducts b/c it does when it is not pure

[whitehoodedracism]

they didnt even start all the cars at the same time what happened was it started one and the rest started off of the alternators of the other running cars

[racelipo]

lets see them start all the cars at the same time

[felando2002]

hold on, doesnt the battery work better colder? so wouldnt it be able to start the sixth cars rather than the five? Somebody help me here!

[shookie222]

no. a battery will lose cranking amps as the temp drops.

[felando2002]

gotcha, thanks

[DeeeJayThrash]

cranking amps drop in cold weather and the reason they all started was one turned on first once it started the alternator charged the battery back up and allowed the rest of the cars to start

[felando2002]

i figured smething like that is what was going on

[jjjester123321]

batteries die faster the colder it is. but its a fake because the battery would have shorted out being covered in water

[felando2002]

but, they say that if your car falls into a lake while your driving that all of your windows will still work so you can roll down the window and get out....?

[jjjester123321]

no..once all ur electronics get flooded nothing will work. it wont work right anyways-crazy things can happen when stuff starts shorting out everywhere

[felando2002]

cool thats what i thought but i needed a second op thnx

[rickyjangatang1]

no u cant open it. in this show called myth busters they tested this. the car window would work under water but not under all that presssure.

[felando2002]

MythBusters is a pretty good show so ill go with you on that then

[JakeWeb93]

@felando2002 What happens when the computer goes nutz because its under water? Once the computer gets wet your fucked.

[RU469NO]

The Computors that are installed in the engine comparments are waterproof by FHTA or you couldnt drive thru water. However when the electrical components get wet they will fail

[thebestsin]

woow , very impressive . BUT , how is a battery works inside an ice cube , thats like - and + are touching , which the buttery wont work ... that doesn't make any since

[foxracingusa1]

actually for electricity to flow through water the water needs electrolites

[ek93477]

@thebestsin its not the same as the electricity thats in your house dude... lol. Does the battery short out when you drive your car while its raining or snowing? I think not. Anyway i would still personally take my red top optima over die hard

[hondasandhorses]

DUDE! optima batteries all the way!!!!!!!!!!

[harujp2]

love my yellow top <3

[dkchapss]

this is complete bullshit!

[bradgrim11]

I also think that it only started one car then the altanator form the first car started the next one and so on

[flippo112409]

how do you know those cars don't have batteries they don't show the engine compartments this is a bogus test

[Omega47]

Buy Duralast.

[SeigiSama]

So the diehard started one car, and then that car started the next car, and then the 3rd car was started by the first two. For this to be impressive the would have to pull the serpentine belt so there wasn't 600-700 amps @12 volts worth of current being created by all those cars running. A block of ice is fail... 32 Degrees big woop. How about in a block of DRY ice?? No that would be cool... pun intended.

[starbucksmunky]

The alternator does not make enough power to charge a battery when the car is idling. It barely keeps the headlights and radio on at idle. When you are at a steady speed, say, on a freeway, then the alternator can charge the battery. But even then, very little.

[compu85]

That depends on the alternator. The 70 amp unit in my 91 Mercedes works like you describe, but the 120 amp unit in my 99 VW can and does charge at idle speed. At idle it probably makes 90 amps.

[SeigiSama]

yes it does depend on the alternator. The 175 Amp unit I had in my old car was way more than enough to power my 800 Watt amp and Send a huge amount of currant to my battery. At idle it made 140 amps. It was a special alternator though. Upgraded bearings and a heat sink.

[ZR1KingOfTheHillZR1]

i still like optima but that was amazing

[smearnoff5100]

right! a test that mimicked the total current draw from 5 cars should have been used. This test doesn't impress me. Probably why I bought a napa battery

[FORDGTFANATIC]

they all didnt crank at once even

[Chucktallica101]

This is bad ass. I would like to see the haters create a battery that would do this.

[hwhhww]

optima yellow tops lol

[blower069]

omg do you believe what they say? LoL

[devilcharm]

I know this ad is a bit over the top, but you know what? I have a DIE Hard that I bought 5 years and it still kicking and i drive a 4x4 4.0L JEEP. Now they have a DIE HARD PLATINUM can't go wrong with that and I live in CANADA it's not SIBERIA but it's not a walk in the park for cars in the WINTER.

[infaredburrito]

after one car is started, the alternator should kick in to start charging the battery, and would help start all the cars. the cars used should be the same make and model and should be started at the same time to make it a valid test.

[roboman79]

@infaredburrito The thing is, i really don't think it could start no more then maybe two at a time. :/

[wizzlestick111]

not impressed. you have them all crank at the exact same time putting draw on the battery at once, and then prove to me the cars didnt have any form of battery backup, them i might be wowed. what they did here is the same as if i connected the battery to each car individually and cranked.

[JuS12Turbo]

Ummm they all start at different times, thus once one starts it now has extra amps that it can spare to help start the other cars.

[Mayo07J]

Try starting a 2 diesels with one battery. I'm talking about American Truck diesels, not the <2.0L euro car deisels.

[1ron1c]

the person adding these videos to stumbleupon needs to stop

[zachplaysdrums]

It may very well be the DIEHARD people or their advertising agency as a marketing technique.

Much cheaper than paying for air time.

[NorseIronKIng]

@1ron1c That person's probably gettin paid.

[shackwrrr]

The sears die hard platinum battery isn't even made by sears. Its a Odyssey battery. is is a very good battery and a lot better than those optima batteries

[etiolated]

the way i see it, the battery only needs to start the first car. after that, the battery is in parallel with that started car's alternator. thus, the other car's are also in parallel with that alternator.  thus, they are all effectively starting off the first car's alternator and the battery.

[jimmygarcia28]

With it frozen? Freeze a battery, and you fuck with the equilibrium of the reactants and products inside...  It is impressive

[Turbo617]

Incorrect. Battery acid freezes at -85*f. At 0-32*f, you simply slow down the chemical reaction and produce less amperage.

Add the fact that as each car was started, its alternator was providing amperage to help start every other car in the line.

Make the battery start 6 cold Diesel engines, THAT would be impressive, not 6 wimpy sub-2 liter 4-banger gas engines.

[shackwrrr]

The 70s ad they started all the cars at the same time and with a 2 year old battery too

[warkittydotcom]

the engines took a lot more juice to get started back then, too.

[appello05]

yay, im not the only one that watched this and also noticed a bunch of 4bangers. if im not mistaken the white car 2nd from right is a civic hybrid.

[charlietow]

@Turbo617 it is a bogus ad for sure but, they started all the cars within two seconds, and that's not enough time for an alternator to put out amps to start another car just sayin. good day mate

[TrapOxidizer]

@charlietow Actually its ample time. Alternators generate amperage as soon as they start spinning.

[charlietow]

@TrapOxidizer that may be but they don't generate max amps right off the batt, and an average alternator on a 4 banger is 65-85 amps at max output, your average 4 banger takes about 300+ amps to crank. and not to mention the alternator is not used to start a car, it's used to keep the bettery charged

[oriclepro09]

@Turbo617 I agree with you, however, the alternator of a car does not charge a battery at the engine's idle, AND even if it did, the split second difference would not be enough to recharge the battery before it had to start the next one.

Agreed, though, make that bitch start 6 diesel engines and I'll buy one right now.

[HoneycombAgent]

@Turbo617

If only they showed another portion of the commercial with the battery "melting" the ice around it ... wait, bad idea, the BATTERY would short itself out, will it?

[shackwrrr]

The platinum battery is also what is called an AGM battery or adsorbed glass mat. This battery is completely sealed with no outside interaction. Plus inside a block of ice is EXACTLY 32 degrees. The battery would see colder temps in real life on a -10 degree day.

[DaleSwanson]

The inside of a block of ice could very well be colder than 32 degrees. If the ambient temperature is below 32 degrees then heat will be carried by conduction to the surface of the block and loss to the environment. Differences in temperature can be used to do work. If there was a permanent increased temperature then infinite work could be done.

[bunkfoss]

convection I think

[DaleSwanson]

Convection is impossible in a solid. Convection is the movement of a fluid transferring heat. Conduction is the transfer of heat by direct contact.

[VEC7ORlt]

Frozen battery isnt that impressive at all, as cranking a frozen engine is, together with highly viscous oil inside.

[Turbo617]

Each car draws about 75 amps.

450mps on a battery with a CCA rating of 880amps at 0*f...not impressive at all.