12-volt battery

jamarimutt · 06-25-2007, 07:05 PM

My Prius spent a week in the repair shop (collision with a dog) and the battery died. After three years and 63,000 miles it would not hold a charge. A new battery ($160) was installed. Here's a photo of the old one, along with others to be recycled. The battery is taller and narrower than regular batteries but just as heavy.

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jstack · 06-25-2007, 07:11 PM

some people forget there is a regular system battery in even the best hybrid, the prius. It's in the rear right side as you open the rear hatch.

I wonder when they will start making them out of NiMH or lithium ? Then they could be lifetime batteries instead of 150 year old tech lead acid.

hobbit · 06-25-2007, 08:15 PM

http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/prius-12V/
[for an example of the slightly smaller version in non-SKS cars]
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_H*

06-25-2007, 07:05 PM	#1
jamarimutt Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 972 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	My Prius spent a week in the repair shop (collision with a dog) and the battery died. After three years and 63,000 miles it would not hold a charge. A new battery ($160) was installed. Here's a photo of the old one, along with others to be recycled. The battery is taller and narrower than regular batteries but just as heavy. [attachmentid=9222] Attached Thumbnails

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06-25-2007, 07:11 PM	#2
jstack Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 135 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: Base Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	some people forget there is a regular system battery in even the best hybrid, the prius. It's in the rear right side as you open the rear hatch. I wonder when they will start making them out of NiMH or lithium ? Then they could be lifetime batteries instead of 150 year old tech lead acid.

06-25-2007, 08:15 PM	#3
hobbit Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bahstahn Posts: 2,957 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/prius-12V/ [for an example of the slightly smaller version in non-SKS cars] . _H*