Energy monitor

kayemarschke2 · 06-05-2007, 08:27 PM

Well I got a scare the other day. Normally the battery stripes are blue.....right? Well mine got down to one line and was purple. Has anyone else had this problem.Freaked me out!!

**efusco** · 06-05-2007, 08:56 PM

It's not a "Problem", it's a feature. You were probably in slow moving traffic and your car continued to run without unnecessarily using the ICE. The ICE will come on to charge the battery when necessary.

john1701a · 06-05-2007, 09:12 PM

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You wouldn't believe how many hundreds of other posts we've seen over the years that were identical to yours.

It's a new owner ritual... which seems to have an "enlightenment" effect on many. Awareness of the system is heightened afterward. So there's a worthwhile benefit of just allowing the "freak out" to happen.

Though, I have requested suggestions about how to emphasize that information. It's clearly illustrated in both the USER-GUIDE and INFO-SHEET. But my guess is that people just don't understand the importance of what they are being shown until afterward. 1 bar is not empty. 8 bars is not full.

How can we better point out that it is just a relative measure, showing only the normal operating range rather than the entire capacity of the battery-pack?

marshallc · 07-22-2008, 04:34 PM

The bar graph for the battery was only blue until I had some work done on it by the dealer. Now I'm getting blue, green and pink colors on the bar graph. Any idea what the colors mean?

richard schumacher · 07-22-2008, 06:10 PM

The colors are eye candy redundant with the number of bars. There are options for the display color scheme. I haven't played with it, but perhaps one of those options keeps all bars the same color regardless of their number, and the recent service changed the option.

lenjack · 07-23-2008, 09:23 PM

Even at purple, the battery still has 40% of charge, and that's as low as it will go.

07-22-2008, 04:34 PM	#4
marshallc Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: sanford, maine Posts: 1 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Energy monitor The bar graph for the battery was only blue until I had some work done on it by the dealer. Now I'm getting blue, green and pink colors on the bar graph. Any idea what the colors mean?

07-22-2008, 06:10 PM	#5
richard schumacher Destination: Eschaton Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United States Posts: 5,510 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: N/A Package: #6 Thanks: 99 Thanked 93 Times in 66 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Energy monitor The colors are eye candy redundant with the number of bars. There are options for the display color scheme. I haven't played with it, but perhaps one of those options keeps all bars the same color regardless of their number, and the recent service changed the option.

07-23-2008, 09:23 PM	#6
lenjack Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pennsylvania USA Posts: 456 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: III Package: No Package Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Energy monitor Even at purple, the battery still has 40% of charge, and that's as low as it will go.

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06-05-2007, 08:27 PM	#1
kayemarschke2 Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 71 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Friends: 0	Well I got a scare the other day. Normally the battery stripes are blue.....right? Well mine got down to one line and was purple. Has anyone else had this problem.Freaked me out!!

06-05-2007, 08:56 PM	#2
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 17,242 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 49 Thanked 253 Times in 152 Posts Friends: 37	It's not a "Problem", it's a feature. You were probably in slow moving traffic and your car continued to run without unnecessarily using the ICE. The ICE will come on to charge the battery when necessary.