Placement of temp sensors in HV battery.

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by bunny45, Jun 10, 2019.

  1. bunny45

    bunny45 New Member

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    Hi all. Greetings from Germany. I've been a furtive lurker here for some years.
    I purchased a P3 two years ago.
    The battery is in excellent condition and I want to keep it that way.
    There's a Ytube vid showing a 2010 HV battery disassembly and reassembly.
    The guy doing it recommends grouping the 3 temperature sensors in the middle of the stack in modules 11, 13 and 15.
    What do you think?
    The battery will be 10 years old in August.
    Many thanks.

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    #1 bunny45, Jun 10, 2019
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    You may have answered your own question w the 1st statement.

    What if not everything is buttoned up and you end up w/a CEL after reassembling?

    HV fan kicks on to which ever air temp sensor is the hottest pass certain temp thresholds, not combination/average of the three, according to several apps I use to monitor hv temps.
     
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    Never touch a running system? I get it.
    But we all know that the traction battery will slowly start degrading in next couple of years. Because the modules exhibit almost identical voltages, I figured it would be the right moment to reshuffle the innermost modules to the outermost positions. I take your point with regard to repositioning the temperature sensors.

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    #3 bunny45, Jun 11, 2019
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