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    12v battery charging design

    I had no idea there were so many previous threads. PIPLosAngeles posted a couple years ago - " I've discovered that Toyota intentionally designed...
    Post by: chrisrappl, Apr 3, 2023 in forum: Prime Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    12v Aux Battery

    Gokhan, Good information regarding Walmart's EverStart Maxx 140R. If I had known, that's what I would have gotten. Good Price and great warranty...
    Post by: chrisrappl, Apr 3, 2023 in forum: Prime Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    12v battery charging design

    I'm using a Fluke 87 multimeter. I'm pretty sure that the design is to keep this battery at a charge less than what I'm used to seeing. I have...
    Post by: chrisrappl, Apr 3, 2023 in forum: Prime Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    12v Aux Battery

    Mendel, In my 2017 Prime (not sure about all 4th gen.) the battery hold down is a plate at the bottom that grabs the bottom lip of the battery....
    Post by: chrisrappl, Apr 3, 2023 in forum: Prime Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    12v battery charging design

    No. It is a Flooded Lead Acid just like the OEM.
    Post by: chrisrappl, Apr 1, 2023 in forum: Prime Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    12v battery charging design

    In a previous post, I was thinking the same thing and replaced my 7 year old battery. The new battery which I fully charged before placing it into...
    Post by: chrisrappl, Apr 1, 2023 in forum: Prime Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    12v battery charging design

    I have noticed that the 12v battery normally tests at 12.2 v or approx. 65% when driving daily. I assume that this is by design. I know that it...
    Thread by: chrisrappl, Apr 1, 2023, 12 replies, in forum: Prime Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    12v Aux Battery

    I recently saw a message on my 2017 Prius Prime Premium warning me that my 12v battery charge was low. Never saw that before. I was fooling around...
    Thread by: chrisrappl, Mar 6, 2023, 8 replies, in forum: Prime Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Center Hubs for alloy wheels?

    We have a 2017 Prime with plastic wheel covers. My understanding is that the wheel covers help with mileage because maybe they have less...
    Thread by: chrisrappl, Aug 11, 2020, 23 replies, in forum: Prime Main Forum (2017-2022)
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    Alarm Questions

    The alarm went off this morning while we were having breakfast. I could see the car through the restaurant window and no vehicle or person was...
    Thread by: chrisrappl, Nov 18, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: Prime Main Forum (2017-2022)
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    Undercover fasteners

    Thank you
    Post by: chrisrappl, Aug 13, 2018 in forum: Prime Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting