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Prius battery pack

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by shoced, Feb 11, 2014.

  1. shoced

    shoced Junior Member

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    Is there anyway to charge acouple of batt cells by running the car. just replaced 2 packs and there voltage is 2-3 volts lower then the rest of the batt packs? the ones replaced are at 14.5 to 15 where the others are at 17-18 volts.
     
    #1 shoced, Feb 11, 2014
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    welcome to priuschat! this is a long and tedious proceedure, requiring battery removal, dismantling and special chargers. there are quite a few threads here with good detail and pics. it's labor intensive vs the cost of swapping for a remanufactured unit. all the best!(y)
     
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    Thanks hoping I didnt have to go that far with it hoping to find a easyer way but if I have to we will
     
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    what year is it, how many miles on her? if done correctly, you can get a lot of service life. if shortcuts are taken, problems crop up pretty quickly. you will see the plusses and minuses of each approach in the different threads.
     
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