06 Prius with P0A80 code and local refurbished battery

$450 plus $50 per module seems awfully cheap but, who knows how many modules he's gonna say are bad. 10 supposedly bad modules ='s $500. That could get pricey. Additionally, how are you (or you're "friend") gonna know if the modules are really bad??? You can't look at them and say, "yep, its bad". I know its far away but there are two people on PC that I would trust for your situation. Tampa Prius (he may work with you and meet you halfway or figure something out) or ericbecky (he sells battery packs on PC with a 3 year warranty). Both are trusted members. A guy on Craigslist may be great but, may not. How do you know he won't go out of business in two months?

For your other question, one day is fast to recondition an HV battery but, who knows what kind of a system he has. He may have 12, four cell chargers and can recondition all modules at once. If that's the case, he could easily recondition the battery in about five hours or so (maybe even less).

 

that guy has a thread here, just posted a few days ago. his moniker is David Guybumbling, and the thread is Hybrid Battery-Fix it don't replace it. it's probably okay, and cheap enough. the problem with balancing the cells is described in another thread by eric becky, and he states that just matching voltages is almost as good i believe. i think the issue comes down to all the other old cells that are in the battery. i'd say either of your buddies options have a 50/50 chance of lasting more than a year.

 

Balancing is critical. There are enough stories here of people undergoing this repair (module replacement), but not balancing, only to come back with problems. Learn from other people's mistakes.

Usnavystgc highlights a recent posting of a new member who did a simple module(s) replacement. This person claims balancing is not necessary, as a long drive will rebalance the entire pack. His experience may be the exception rather than the rule. Hopefully he will repost his success after some time (weeks, months), of how he was able to get away w/o proper rebalancing. Why not just do the job right from the very beginning?

Ryousideways experience, documentation, and nice write-up has provided us with a "Bible" or "How to guide," for module diagnosis, replacement, equipment recommendation, and charge settings. LINK to this guide. He had diagnosed all modules, replaced the bad modules, charged/recharged all modules, assembled the pack w/ voltages w/in .02V of each other, only to have a failure.

Sorry for the delay everyone. After I got it back together I drove it 120 miles with a mix of highway and stop and go traffic. Before I had balanced the battery pack I was only able to make it about 16 miles before the triangle would show and battery vent fan would kick on. Proper battery balancing is must.​

CORRECTION:
Hit up member Todd (AKA Tampaprius.com) Ericbecky, since he is in Tampa, FL, and has a good reputation here; maybe his pricing is competitive? Second choice would be the $890 complete pack, only after this person describes in detail how he charged/discharged, equipment and settings he used, and how he balanced the entire pack. Last choice would be the craigslist.

Good luck.

 

i thought eric was in madison, wi, did he move?

 

Todd is in Tampa. Tampaprius.com