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12-Volt Battery Questions

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by 94hawk213, May 13, 2013.

  1. jdenenberg

    jdenenberg EE Professor

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    There are a few PCers that we should not argue with about Prius maintenance. Patrick Wong is one of them.

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    And you know that exactly HOW ??

    While it might not be true for this specific design, I've been in the Electronics field for a bit more than 50 years not and it absolutely is true of the 12 V. systems in other vehicles.......a LOT of them.

    They are not designed to work properly without a battery in place.

    Unless you have specific knowledge resulting from extensive testing, I think it is irresponsible to suggest that running without a battery is OK.

    How about some references for YOUR "unproven supposition" and/or some credentials to back up your claim ???
     
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    After you as you were first.

    I am not going to take part in playground ping-pong.
     
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    Not only participating but you started it.

    I gave you my qualifications......and indicated that it was my OPINION that running without the battery is bad advice.......based on a pretty thorough education and a LOT of practical experience.
    You have offered nothing in the way of substantiation of your OPINION.

    So it seems that it just remains that we have differing opinions because I certainly will NOT be driving my car with the battery disconnected just as an experiment. Have you done that ??