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    block heater trips house GFI

    New block heater installed and works fine. Clearly, I got lucky installing the first one years ago as this one took me all day and I invented...
    Post by: briantompo, Jan 4, 2012 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    block heater trips house GFI

    Hello, I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday. I had a chance to pull the block heater out and bench test it. The culprit is the insulated,...
    Post by: briantompo, Dec 28, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    block heater trips house GFI

    Thanks, everyone for the suggestions. I'll update when I find the problem and repair or replace. I was hoping to avoid removing the heater to...
    Post by: briantompo, Dec 22, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    block heater trips house GFI

    Thanks, so far for the suggestions. D Matter- the GFI pops right away. Would someone with a Toyota block heater measure the resistance across...
    Post by: briantompo, Dec 21, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    block heater trips house GFI

    Hello, My Toyota engine block heater just started tripping the garage GFI outlet where it worked previously. I've tried different outlets on...
    Thread by: briantompo, Dec 21, 2011, 23 replies, in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    My whole car stinks (2007)

    Hi Ed, I've got a 2005 that has had an odor since day one and I've always assumed it was the seat foam used in the interior. The smell has not...
    Post by: briantompo, Jul 22, 2009 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    How much would a scanguage help me?

    Hi Kinare, For me, ScanGauge was worth about 15% improvement overall and my tanks are typically 70% highway, 30% rural/city. I bought one about...
    Post by: briantompo, Jul 25, 2008 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Fuel Economy
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    "N" Mode and Glide

    Post by: briantompo, Mar 26, 2007 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Fuel Economy
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    "N" Mode and Glide

    "Does the "N" do the same a gliding on very light throttle?" Gazz, Nope, not for me...using very light throttle on the highway with MFD showing...
    Post by: briantompo, Mar 24, 2007 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Fuel Economy
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    Odd interior smell

    I found this thread while searching for "interior odor". The gray, fabric interior of our 2005 Prius smells like seat foam and is strong enough...
    Post by: briantompo, Nov 8, 2006 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting