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Well, in my 2008, I flip a switch to "simulate" an out of fuel condition. The switch cuts power to the fuel pump, the engine sputters for a few...
Remember 28a is at 117v (US mains)
LOL "mount" is not the word I'm afraid. More like where do they slide around. Ok, I'm exaggerating, three are in the rear, one sits on top of the...
See reply in other thread. I'm still chugging along with 6 bats or 24AH of electricity. My power bill has gone up!
Sigh.... The never ending "conversion". I'm up to 6 batteries and I finally bought those darn $11 capacitors after blowing up several $2 ones. I...
First tank very consistent 45mpg. I guess I'm OK with it since it's new, not broken in, and we were still on Winter formula gas (I think). This is...
I bought the parts from allied electronics and a few small things from radio shack. If you want a circuit diagram, I'll have to scribble something...
2010 III w/Nav and mats. Leased, 12k miles/year, $232/month, no money down except first payment and DMV registration ($232 + $350) 2 years free...
They are installed, or rather wired in parallel. I use the BMS+ device to use the extra battery power and charge with a simple homemade charger...
You can charge the batteries with anything that outputs 240VDC and at least a couple amps. But.... You have to have a temperature cut-off, or two...
Well, "jawshoeaw" is of course Joshua. I forgot to mention that I am using 3 add on packs for a total of four. Mr Big is right about retraining...
It totally depends on range and whether you can plug in at your destination. In theory, you get infinite mileage for up to 10 miles per charge...
Re: Charger explosion Yeah, that's the plan. Actually the capacitors are plenty beefy, but the diodes were for sure the weak link. I had...
Charger explosion My "new and improved" charger blew up! Actually the caps exploded - one of the diodes shorted, exposing the caps to full swings...
Update on salvage Prius: Finally replaced crappy battery with Optima yellow top. $140 w/free shipping from Amazon, $8 connectors from Sears for...
I'm guessing others have mentioned this, but I can think of no reason why anyone would do such a thing, unless of course if they were trying to...
Seriously! I'm 6'3" and I whacked my head the other day because it was cold and the gate was going up too slowly. Toyota needs gates that go up...
At 10A, it takes about an hour for me to charge 4 packs from 200V to 238V. At 100A braking effort, that about 90 seconds for a single pack....
Well, I've messed with/abused my prius quite a bit - it's a salvage 2008 fully loaded and packed with four battery packs. I have a kill switch for...
Wow, I needed to update this a long time ago. I want to post my progress properly but for the impatient, I'll summarize with good news. I have...
