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OEM EV Button for raffle!

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by Danny, Jul 16, 2004.

  1. Danny

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    I have procured a J-SPEC EV Button straight from Japan and wanted to share it with the PriusChat community. As you may have noticed, these are going for around $100 on eBay, but I felt that a raffle would be a fun way to keep it in the PC family.

    Details:

    You can enter the raffle by sending $10 via PayPal to [email protected] or you can make a check out payable to PriusChat (PM me for mailing address). Feel free to enter as many times as you would like.

    A payment button will be setup soon (later this weekend) for easier entry.

    The raffle will run until Sunday August 15th at which time I will randomly ask someone for a number within the range of the # of entries.

    You can see various pics of the EV button in htmlspinnr's personal gallery:

    http://priuschat.com/forums/album_picm.php?pic_id=301

    http://priuschat.com/forums/album_picm.php?pic_id=303

    Note: This does not come with the housing

    Full instructions on installation of the factory EV button are here:

    http://priuschat.com/forums/kb.php?mode=article&k=8

    All proceeds will go to help fund PriusChat's continued existence in this world we call Earth.
     
    #1 Danny, Jul 16, 2004
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    Obviously from my other posts, I am very interested. And the unincluded housing serves what purpose?
     
    #2 jchu, Jul 16, 2004
  3. HTMLSpinnr

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    It's practically required in order to plug in the wiring

    The spades inside the switch are too close together to fit connectors (at least those that I found) easily. The housing allows you to plug and unplug the button if needed.

    See this pic:

    http://priuschat.com/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=305

    I'm holding the white "housing" along with the wiring and plugs that I made and placed inside the housing.
     
    #3 HTMLSpinnr, Jul 17, 2004
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    Thanks,

    I assume that I can create a harness to accomplish a plugable option. But I seem to remember you mentioning an issue about space. Or that I can find the needed housing somewhere? (And why does the harness never seem to come the switch?)

    Jon
     
    #4 jchu, Jul 17, 2004
  5. HTMLSpinnr

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    It's possible, just not easy because the connectors within the switch are quite close together - good for harness plugs, bad for custom wiring. :)
     
    #5 HTMLSpinnr, Jul 17, 2004
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