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Agreed, it can be done and can get you back on the road fastest, no dispute. It's just a lot of labor that might have to be repeated in a very...
There is a bit more to it than that. 1. Capacity differences 2. Self-discharge differences 3. Internal resistance differences It would be a...
Really good point. In my area, $1600 for new battery, refurb is about $8-900 "installed taking your core". A refurb original battery (first...
I may have left out one pertinent fact. Even a 62 year old man with the nickname Fit Santa can get a battery out of a Prius without causing back...
That's a fantastic summary of the why behind your setup. Very much appreciated, especially since I am using the same charger. Thank you! - Jeff
This brings up some questions I was meaning to ask regarding the CQ3 settings and choice of equally viable charging options. 1. TMR-JWAP, you...
Having just faced this issue, but from a patient curiosity (I have a fallback car), I would suggest the following.. 1. In my area, I can buy a...
You mean my dealer lied or didn't know what he was talking about? :);):);):) (the same one who told me the battery error was probably caused by...
My dealer said that the newer (or perhaps upcoming) Prius's would have a similar shield factory installed standard, it's been such a problem for...
Private home, residential neighborhood, in my driveway at about 3am. There's a YouTube of a brit who was sleeping in his van as someone tried to...
Often, when they steal the cat, they just use a sawzall to cut the pipe on both ends. On mine, they unbolted the two bolts (left on the...
Indeed - I found the same when they stole my CAT from my driveway. The Prius CAT is highly desired by thieves, who can steal a cat in minutes,...
18awg, rated at being able to carry 14 amps. Shouldn't have been a problem, but I wanted to check just in case.
Since I have some bad modules and a couple of marginally good ones to play with, I took just the sequential 6.0 discharge part of the process as...
Impressive work, Tracy. I've been trying to get to the why of some of the approaches and often no one can explain why, even with very strong...
This is a great and informative thread, but a top level question comes to mind: 1. Individual module testing, discharge and recharge is one...
Agreed, I typically end up burying my cars in the back yard so to speak, so I'm not the typical end user. Even with my whining about the cost,...
Nice detail and I absolutely see the validity of your conclusion. I have no doubt of the value of Hybrid technology, owning both a Prius and...
Wow, guess I pushed a button of some sort. I stand corrected on the detail, but the concept is the same. With the angst over $3-5K dealer...
LOL I'm already there, had to clear codes a half dozen times in a 1 hour drive yesterday. It is amazing how I went from no problem to this poor...
