Cigar lighters

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by andyprius, Dec 5, 2005.

  1. andyprius

    andyprius Senior Member

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    Sacramento, California.
    Vehicle:
    2012 Prius Plug-in
    Model:
    Plug-in Base
    There are two, one in the between seats compartment and the other by the front left leg of the passenger (in the right front seat) We'll call the latter RF and the other C (right front and center) It appears that no voltage is available when the car is off. However when the car is off one can plug in 12VDC at the C point and the MFD will light up and you can play your radio off your spare emergency gel battery. Should you plug your gel into RF then nothing happens, as that point is open when the car is off. Power up with RF connected and you will charge your gel. You will now end your trip with a fully charged gel and a fully charged Aux Bat. It may be left in that position as now that the car is powered down, no current flow exist. My conclusions! Should anybody have more enlightened information, I would be most interested.