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I had some questions about the BLRFM12_55 battery and wrote to the manufacturer ExpertBattery. Their customer service for this was first rate,...
I made some measurements about current usage in our 2007 for various combinations of power state and electrical options. In the first table,...
"Usually" the temperatures are reasonable and all is hunky dory. Under high loads, or maybe if the pack fan is jammed up, the car may dial back...
No. There are three temperature sensors for the whole pack, and if it gets too hot they can cause the car to throw codes and effectively turn...
It is a little odd that there seems to be no protection on those sense wires. In another similar application in the same car the sense wire from...
After staring at the wiring diagram PDF for a long time I'm still not clear on the heavy cable geometry in this car. Looking from the top in the...
There is a very heavy cable from the positive battery post to the jump point in the fusebox. When the car is in READY it has maybe 4A flowing...
Back in the day cars had built in voltmeters. Luckily this is by far the easiest instrument to add to any car. There are combination voltmeter,...
Decided to see how much current was going into the battery at 14.1 V at equilibrium. After having fully charged the car the day before drove it...
To find out the long term parasitic draw it is necessary to wait quite a while. The car does all sorts of odd things after it is turned off, and...
I was mulling over how to force the car to switch from 14.1V to 13.6V and couldn't come up with anything short of modifying the circuits in the...
Does the oil cap need to come off for that siphon to keep functioning?
For stuck washers I use an old/dull flat blade screwdriver, and try to place it on the edge of the washer above the metal so that it won't scrape...
The VRP will clean the varnish off the dipstick pretty quickly. It definitely removes some deposits from the motor. Whether or not it is enough...
As far as I can tell most shops now have a device that keeps the master cylinder filled while the bleed screws are opened. Some of them move the...
That condenser is ugly, but it looks like it still has about half its fins in working order. I would be more worried that the system is slowly...
There are two issues with changing the brake fluid on this vehicle: 1. Unlike all the other cars I have owned the Prius is touchy about its...
It doesn't sound like there is anything wrong with the OP's car's suspension. If the OP has a back problem a seat modification might be more...
That is the debate. I had mine done recently, but it was a bit of a special case. There is a problem on my car with the front driver's side...
Change brake fluid? Check the mechanical water pump belt. Not sure how it is in Iowa, but if that was the original belt in S. California it...
