I have a 14 C. Couple months ago I pulled the HV battery and replaced a few modules with ones from a spare pack. They were not much better than the ones I replaced but it was what I had available. I equalized the modules after using a hobby charger to charge them individually. Worked fine for 5 months but now pa080 is back and there is a 40% delta SOC. I am thinking I might try a grid charger this time. I see tons of threads for DIY grid chargers for the 28 module battery along with the Meanwell LED drivers used in those applications. But I have not seen a thread with anyone listing which to use for a battery with only 20 cells. I know I need about 160v. I was looking at this adjustable unit HLG-80H-C350A. Can anyone who has done this please let me know what you used and what your procedure was. Thanks
Hello, I have a spare grid charger, the one from Prolong Battery Systems. I have since replaced my battery with a lithium one, and don't have much of a use for it. I have the harness for it, too. Let me know if you're interested, and I may be able to get it to you.
Yes I'm interested. I would send you a PM but "Your account currently has Private Messaging capabilities restricted due to account inactivity. Please contact the site admin if you would like these capabilities turned back on." I've messaged the mods but have not heard back. Send me an email [email protected]
In case you still need information of the grid charger, I built one with a Mean Well LPC-100-350 power supply. It works on both my Prius and Prius C.
Oh interesting. I saw that people used that one for the full size battery but was concerned it might be too high of voltage for the c battery. How elaborate was your setup? I'll trying to keep mine pretty simple. Is a diode necessary to prevent the battery from cooking the charger?
