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REVIEW: Hymotion Battery Plug-In Prius
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Madison, Wisconsin
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Friends: 45 | Thanks for continuing to send info our way. I know how excited I am to read about your PHEV; you must be through the roof! I'm putting out the invitation right now for all the people with Hymotion PHEVs to join us at next year at Hybridfest 2009 in Madison, WI. Third weekend in July. (17, 18, 19) It'd be great to be able to hear some testimonials and experiences from people who have had their PHEVs for a while. |
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| Psyched for PHEV Join Date: May 2008 Location: Southern NH
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Friends: 4 | Jay, Thanks for the manual. informative enough that it answered a few questions(No EV switch :|). Now I have to put a GFCI circuit in my garage. It also looks like to need to 'turn on' the L5 everytime you turn the car on. I also like the description of how the brake lights will function during charge. Might not be great for the neighbor who can see in that garage window. Two questions, which breaker tripped. The L5 or the circuit at the garage? Also how long (distance) is your commute. Mine is ~23miles. Thank You again. Chris |
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| Psyched for PHEV Join Date: May 2008 Location: Southern NH
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I haven't been to WI in 35 years. I'll discuss with SWMBO tonight. Will there be places to Plugin Chris | |
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| I Plug-In My Prius Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wheelersburg, Ohio
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Friends: 22 | I updated my first post with a quick write up of the install. I still need to get a finished install pic which I will got tomorrow when I get to the car show. I will give you a quick update on my commute MPG. This first run I did without using the EV button and I tried to drive "normal" and drive the speed limit when possible. The only thing I did to improve MPG was to use my EBH. On my way to work my scan gauge showed 114MPG. Tomorrow I will try to go into full hypermiler mode and use all the tricks I can pull out to see what I can get. Thats all for now. I still have a tone of work to do.
__________________ 2006 Prius Barcelona Red Package #7. Picked up 2006/01/02 Converted to Plug-In on 2008/08/12 with Hymotion L5 ***Hybridfest 2007 & 2008 Peoples Choice Award *** ***Hybridfest 2009 Peoples Choice Best of Show Award *** For a list of my mods visit http://www.jaygroh.com ![]() |
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Friends: 0 | Thanks for the update. I'm looking forward to hear more about the energy monitor screen issue with the battery in the ON position. Maybe another switch with momentary and latching contacts would be a simple solution to this issue for Hymotion. |
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Friends: 3 | Thanks Jay, The write up seems great so far. I'm not sure I will like the flicker, but I will get used to it. ---Kent |
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| I Plug-In My Prius Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wheelersburg, Ohio
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Friends: 22 | The reason for the flicker of the SOC is because Hymotion is spoofing the CAN packets or something and the Prius is trying to counter the spoof with an update. Then the Hymotion battery tries to counter with another spoof. That is how I understand it. |
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Friends: 0 | Thanks Jay for the update of your mod. Can you tell us the following (If you havent' already done so). * How much does the unit cost (before installation and after)? * Where can you purchase the unit? Have a good week. Wolf |
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| I Plug-In My Prius Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wheelersburg, Ohio
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You can put a deposit down at Hymotion :: Enabling the new generation of hybrid owners to maximize their fuel efficiency today and hope to get a pack of your own some time next year. They a back logged with orders at the moment. | |
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