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2012 Prius III hums at slow roll

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by BrianG, Mar 25, 2012.

  1. SquallLHeart

    SquallLHeart The Techie Guy

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    i just reached my hand under the hood and disconnected the connector to the speaker... that's all you need to do if you don't want it working.
     
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  2. Bama345

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    For those of you who have disconnected the speaker, are you getting any sort of check engine light, or other codes up on the dash?
     
  3. WE0H

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    If that happens, then someone will have to take an ohmmeter to the noise maker and find out what resistance it is. Then measure the voltage at the unplugged connector from the car harness. Then someone can determine what wattage resistor could be used to simulate the noise maker. P= E squared/R which means Power equals Voltage squared divided by Resistance. It is likely a pulse signal but the average voltage measured with a DVM will be close enough. If someone wants to take an oscilloscope and show us what the signal is coming out of the car's harness, that would be cool too ;)

    If my car was here I would do this but I am stuck until it arrives later this month :(

    Mike :tea:
     
  4. F8L

    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

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    I could try and read a code after disconnecting although I intend to keep the system operational in the long term.