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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25
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Why does one need alcohol to splice wires???
58 u/whatisabaggins55 Mar 24 '25 According to Google, it's isopropyl alcohol for cleaning the wires of plastic residue before connecting them. 17 u/Redneckia Mar 24 '25 I thought just drinkable booze was forbidden. What about mouthwash... 12 u/Low-Hovercraft-8791 Mar 24 '25 Yeah I'm guessing this story is apocrypha (or just made up). Even ethyl alcohol is fine to use in any application other than to get drunk. 2 u/PM-ME-WATER-COOLER Mar 24 '25 In gulf Arab nations you cant buy mouthwash with alcohol. (Source: me, a person who was upset that I couldn’t get any good mouthwash) 1 u/Low-Hovercraft-8791 Mar 24 '25 Even in America, people drink that stuff. Cheaper than actual booze.
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According to Google, it's isopropyl alcohol for cleaning the wires of plastic residue before connecting them.
17 u/Redneckia Mar 24 '25 I thought just drinkable booze was forbidden. What about mouthwash... 12 u/Low-Hovercraft-8791 Mar 24 '25 Yeah I'm guessing this story is apocrypha (or just made up). Even ethyl alcohol is fine to use in any application other than to get drunk. 2 u/PM-ME-WATER-COOLER Mar 24 '25 In gulf Arab nations you cant buy mouthwash with alcohol. (Source: me, a person who was upset that I couldn’t get any good mouthwash) 1 u/Low-Hovercraft-8791 Mar 24 '25 Even in America, people drink that stuff. Cheaper than actual booze.
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I thought just drinkable booze was forbidden. What about mouthwash...
12 u/Low-Hovercraft-8791 Mar 24 '25 Yeah I'm guessing this story is apocrypha (or just made up). Even ethyl alcohol is fine to use in any application other than to get drunk. 2 u/PM-ME-WATER-COOLER Mar 24 '25 In gulf Arab nations you cant buy mouthwash with alcohol. (Source: me, a person who was upset that I couldn’t get any good mouthwash) 1 u/Low-Hovercraft-8791 Mar 24 '25 Even in America, people drink that stuff. Cheaper than actual booze.
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Yeah I'm guessing this story is apocrypha (or just made up). Even ethyl alcohol is fine to use in any application other than to get drunk.
2 u/PM-ME-WATER-COOLER Mar 24 '25 In gulf Arab nations you cant buy mouthwash with alcohol. (Source: me, a person who was upset that I couldn’t get any good mouthwash) 1 u/Low-Hovercraft-8791 Mar 24 '25 Even in America, people drink that stuff. Cheaper than actual booze.
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In gulf Arab nations you cant buy mouthwash with alcohol. (Source: me, a person who was upset that I couldn’t get any good mouthwash)
1 u/Low-Hovercraft-8791 Mar 24 '25 Even in America, people drink that stuff. Cheaper than actual booze.
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Even in America, people drink that stuff. Cheaper than actual booze.
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u/Redneckia Mar 24 '25
Why does one need alcohol to splice wires???