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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    Thanks for the ideas, I also did consider this and removed the battery ecu and plugs . The sense wires all checked okay and I even took out the...
    Post by: flyingstoo, May 24, 2013 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    Hi all It's now late May and I finally finished the module balancing procedure in mid January. The voltages and charges looked very well balanced...
    Post by: flyingstoo, May 23, 2013 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    Hi John I have come up with a 'cunning plan'....by using my astro flite charge/ discharge device and a 6 ohm 20 w power resistor (suitably...
    Post by: flyingstoo, Nov 10, 2012 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    Hi John I have got my dc6 and have started the process of cycling the modules. I have not noticed any problems with module heating at all which...
    Post by: flyingstoo, Nov 7, 2012 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    Thanks for that, I am being very cautious about this. Fortunately it's winter and my garage is flipping cold!....which helps with the cooling
    Post by: flyingstoo, Nov 2, 2012 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    Thanks John So it is not a problem to discharge a module to less than 7.2v (6 x 1.2)...that's news. I was thinking that reducing a cell...
    Post by: flyingstoo, Nov 2, 2012 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    These vents are obviously not just holes as I would assume that any gas would vent very quickly without creating the possibility of swelling. Any...
    Post by: flyingstoo, Nov 1, 2012 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    Just to clarify are you quoting the 'cell' voltage or 'module' voltage. I assume 'cell' as each cell is nominally 1.2v or have I misunderstood...
    Post by: flyingstoo, Nov 1, 2012 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    That is an impressive photo I have been using a vice for individual charging and intend to rebalance individual modules in the pack whilst...
    Post by: flyingstoo, Oct 31, 2012 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    Thanks for that Bob. The seals you mentioned all look okay. There was some white powder deposits on some of the module terminals. This just...
    Post by: flyingstoo, Oct 31, 2012 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    The car I worked on had no rear lights. There was another but the lens was broken on the drivers side. The breakers yard is on 07864001121 if you...
    Post by: flyingstoo, Oct 30, 2012 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    I have now been fortunate enough today to find a breakers yard nearby in Aylesbury that has a prius with a traction battery. I went along and...
    Post by: flyingstoo, Oct 30, 2012 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    Thanks John that is some excellent information. On inspection of the battery modules I could not see any outward signs of over temp or leakage. I...
    Post by: flyingstoo, Oct 29, 2012 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Prius II HIV battery module change

    I have a 2006 prius Ii with 118000 miles. I live in the uk in a relatively cool climate. Recently had a p3016 (weak module) failure code and...
    Thread by: flyingstoo, Oct 29, 2012, 41 replies, in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting