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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by artvandalay, Jul 7, 2013.

  1. artvandalay

    artvandalay New Member

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    is it possible to do a long charge of the hybrid battery with a regular battery charger? if so how? thanks for your help
     
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    JimboPalmer Tsar of all the Rushers

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    The Hybrid Battery is 201 volts. It is rare for a dealer to have a charger for it, they are mostly kept at Toyota Regional.

    An example is of page 6 of this PDF http://www.autoshop101.com/forms/Hybrid15.pdf

    Very brave folks have disassembled the 28 cells and charged each individual cell with 7.2 volts.
     
    #2 JimboPalmer, Jul 7, 2013
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    kind of what i thought and i appreciate your help
     
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    I have a battery charger for the first and second Gen batteries. Very few people have these ;-)
     
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    As a comparison, there's a method for charging the civic hybrid battery in-car. It requires first removing the battery and installing temperature sensors and splicing in a wiring harness. It's pretty involved, will set you back about $1000, and requires a fair bit of DIY and learning.

    Personally I think I'd prefer to just go with a new or refurb replacement battery.

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    http://99mpg.com/Projectcars/gridcharger/

    A (long) video on the install:

     
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    The first version of the Prius came with it's own HV battery charger built into the car. It charged the battery from a 12 volt car battery. One of these chargers would work on the gen1 Prius if you could obtain one from Japan.

    John (Britprius)
     
    #6 Britprius, Jul 8, 2013
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