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Jump start 2010 with dead battery

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Technical Discussion' started by Jeff68005, Dec 11, 2019.

  1. ChapmanF

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    Once or twice I salvaged an embarrassing situation after leaving a light or something on in my Gen 1, by pulling the accumulator pump relays before attempting to start.

    Even a badly discharged 12 volt battery will sometimes, if you let it sit for a spell, show a tiny bit of recovery, enough to make another start attempt after pulling those relays to give it a fighting chance. The ABS codes complaining about the pump not running can be cleared later, after putting the relays back in. :)
     
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    Most smart chargers will give a warning if it deems the battery too far gone? My CTEK 4.3 for example:

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    I'm kinda lost regarding the "steps" in the above, but get the gist.
     
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    If the plates of the battery are good, it's just the battery is very discharged because of a drain on it,
    a lot of chargers will see it as a damaged battery.
    If you put a 1 or 2 amp charger, or a motorcycle charger on it for a few hours, it will bring the charge
    toward the 12 volts so the regular charger will continue to put a full charge on it, and faster.
     
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    i don't see where the beatit b10 qdsp is a smart charger, did you buy another unit?

    that does look like a nice jump pack though. it says there's a voltage reader included?

    if it is charged and operating properly, try disconnecting the battery from the circuit and see what happens.
     
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    if you only drive your car once in awhile, you should put a maintainer on the battery to keep this from happening again.
    it has nothing to do with the hatch, unless you are leaving it open, or the dome/hatch lights aren't shutting off when you close it