Battery charger

Prius Maximus · 06-26-2004, 10:07 PM

When I end my commute, I generally have only 3 bars on my battery gauge, and the morning commute requires heavy charging when I start.

Has anybody figured out a way to hook up a battery charger to the main batteries so I can avoid the morining charge cycle?

Frank Hudon · 06-26-2004, 10:24 PM

nope. At least not in a practical manner. A 200 volt charger isn't something readily available. Then getting it connected so it wouldn't damage any of the computers that control the battery, possible but not likely, but if you do please post the schematics for the rest of us.

richard schumacher · 06-28-2004, 11:33 AM

You wouldn't neccessarily like the results, either: very roughly this would use about 5 kW-hours of power, or about half as much as your house uses in a day. Would you want to increase your electric bill by 50%?

This shows again that liquid hydrocarbons are a very dense form of energy storage.

06-26-2004, 10:07 PM	#1
Prius Maximus Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northeastern IL Posts: 187 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Battery charger When I end my commute, I generally have only 3 bars on my battery gauge, and the morning commute requires heavy charging when I start. Has anybody figured out a way to hook up a battery charger to the main batteries so I can avoid the morining charge cycle?

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06-26-2004, 10:24 PM	#2
Frank Hudon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 4,144 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	nope. At least not in a practical manner. A 200 volt charger isn't something readily available. Then getting it connected so it wouldn't damage any of the computers that control the battery, possible but not likely, but if you do please post the schematics for the rest of us.

06-28-2004, 11:33 AM	#3
richard schumacher ichorous liquor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,868 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	You wouldn't neccessarily like the results, either: very roughly this would use about 5 kW-hours of power, or about half as much as your house uses in a day. Would you want to increase your electric bill by 50%? This shows again that liquid hydrocarbons are a very dense form of energy storage.