Can you store a HV battery long term?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by StephenJ, Jun 14, 2018.

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I was looking at threads about 'rebuilding' the HV battery and it says to wire them together in a certain way and let it sit for 24hrs and all the cells will level out to the same and balance out. That sounds like a great way to store them so that they don't all get out of balance.

I wonder if theres a way that I could wire it up in that balanced way and wire in a trickle charger.
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That a good question. I was thinking about that the other day. Hopefully someone with battery experience will explain why it is or isn’t a good idea.
I don’t think you would want to have a charger on all the time but a few hours a month might be enough.

#21 Skibob, Feb 1, 2019

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