Change of colors in Energy Monitor screen

akonstam · 09-16-2007, 10:12 AM

For as long as we owned our Prius when watching the Energy monitor the engine activities are brownish red lines and motor/generator actions show as yello lines. Suddenly this week periodically the yellow lines show up as light green.
What does this mean? Does it indicate something worth checking?

Aaron Konstam

8AA · 09-16-2007, 10:21 AM

Thats normal. Yellow indicates that power is going to the motor and green shows that the motor is acting as a generator and sending power back to the battery.

akonstam · 09-16-2007, 05:56 PM

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Thats normal. Yellow indicates that power is going to the motor and green shows that the motor is acting as a generator and sending power back to the battery.
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That is interesting since I was watching the Energy Monitor on a long trip for a good while and I never saw the green lines before this week.

PriuStorm · 09-16-2007, 07:15 PM

You can observe the arrow on the line as well... When the arrow is pointing towards the wheels, the arrow is yellow. But if you are coasting with your foot off the accelerator (like to a light or down a hill), the electric engine acts as a generator as the above poster said, the line turns color and you will notice the arrow on the line is pointing to the battery.

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09-16-2007, 10:12 AM	#1
akonstam Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	For as long as we owned our Prius when watching the Energy monitor the engine activities are brownish red lines and motor/generator actions show as yello lines. Suddenly this week periodically the yellow lines show up as light green. What does this mean? Does it indicate something worth checking? Aaron Konstam

09-16-2007, 10:21 AM	#2
8AA Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 492 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Thats normal. Yellow indicates that power is going to the motor and green shows that the motor is acting as a generator and sending power back to the battery.

09-16-2007, 07:15 PM	#4
PriuStorm Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Davis, CA Posts: 1,500 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: Package: #4 Thanks: 58 Thanked 33 Times in 23 Posts Friends: 8	You can observe the arrow on the line as well... When the arrow is pointing towards the wheels, the arrow is yellow. But if you are coasting with your foot off the accelerator (like to a light or down a hill), the electric engine acts as a generator as the above poster said, the line turns color and you will notice the arrow on the line is pointing to the battery.