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This discussion is nonsense. The recycling program dates back to the beginning of Prius production. replacing a Prius battery is about $3400 if...
My dealer told me that my 2004 Prius needed a full brake job at 100k miles, I pointed out the error of their ways to the service manager. I am...
Attached is a link to IEEE Spectrum article that discusses the use of laser ignition to improve burn efficiency in internal combustion engines....
Poor module health is a symptom of overheating the HV battery: Warm climate Hills/mountains Not using AC to help cool battery Blocked HV batter...
It is the discharge reading that tells you the module capacity, not the charging reading. JeffD
There have been some electronics problems in earlier Prii: MFD solder failures in early Gen2 Prii - repairable at low cost (not by dealer)...
With most of these units you can read out the discharge and charge mAh at the end of the selected cycle (as long as there is no interruption of...
My 2004 Prius averages 46 MPG (high 40's in warm weather; low 40's to high 30's in the cold). If the drop is more than 25% you either do not have...
Talk to Steve at Prius hybrids sales and service Scottsburg Indiana in Southern IN. He sells and installs low mileage replacement Prii engines at...
Cathy is just over 5hrs drive (Southern Indiana) from Prius hybrids sales and service Scottsburg Indiana. Steve can supply a low mileage...
John, I fully agree that this discussion is healthy and informative. I was reporting that I had good results in my case (moderate climate and...
John, You can get away with a deeper discharge on a well balanced module, but when I balanced my 27 modules at 195k miles (9 years old), they all...
A 2.0amp discharge rate is beyond the capability of most hobby balancers. My Supermate DC6 can only handle a 5 Watt discharge rate (about 0.7...
Just keep your discharge rate the same for comparing modules. Remember that you should also "load test" them (draw a heavy current for a short...
A capacity of half that number will still give good MPG. JeffD
Danny, If the modules have lived in a warm climate, you shouldn't expect them to recover to full capacity. Note that if the capacity measurement...
John, "my brother from another mother" JeffD
Uart, When you slowly (and slightly) overcharge the HV battery (or individual modules), you are letting the weaker (lower SOC) cells catch up to...
Doing a load test on a module using both filaments of a halogen headlight would detect this as well. That indicates that the module has been...
That is the original source of the OBD2 dongle, all thge others are attempted clones of the "horse" The dongle that comes with the VCI should work...
