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Prius Electrical System Just Me 01-12-2008
Posted by 3D on January 12, 2008, 10:58 pm
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 Hey, Ali-G. How'd that abuse thing work out for ya?

ROFLMAO


>When the Prius is off, the high-voltage battery is physically
>disconnected from the rest of the system by a relay, so you'd have to
>connect the charging point between the battery and that solenoid. Also,
>since the HV system runs close to 300V, connecting a charger like that
>directly to it would probably cause some interesting results.
>
>@comcast.net says...
>> Here's a thought...
>> I have a gadget that is supposed to help jumpstart regular cars. You plug
>> one end into your cigarette lighter and the other into the outlet of the
>> "dead" vehicle. It is supposed to supply current to the battery like jumper
>> cables would. Then after some time, you are supposed to be able to start
>> the "dead" vehicle after the battery gets some amount of charge. IF this
>> would work on a Prius, what if I were to take my solar charger that plugs
>> into the lighter? Would that charge the batteries in the Prius?
>>
>> I'm thinking the answer would be no or they would be advertising this
>> already and selling the $10 solar charger for $150 with some hot-shot super
>> cool name. Any thoughts?
>>
>> Rosscoe
>>
>>


Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on January 12, 2008, 12:01 pm
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> I have a gadget that is supposed to help jumpstart regular cars. You plug
> one end into your cigarette lighter and the other into the outlet of the
> "dead" vehicle. It is supposed to supply current to the battery like jumper
> cables would. Then after some time, you are supposed to be able to start
> the "dead" vehicle after the battery gets some amount of charge. IF this
> would work on a Prius, what if I were to take my solar charger that plugs
> into the lighter? Would that charge the batteries in the Prius?

It would charge the small 12v battery that "starts" the car, that's all.

There is no pathway to the traction batteries until and unless the car
has been started and is in Ready mode.


Posted by richard schumacher on January 12, 2008, 5:05 pm
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Along with the Prius, AFAIK most cars now have accessory outlets which
are dead when the car is off. Such cars would need to be modified
before they could accept a charge through their outlets.

Posted by Doctor Einstein on January 12, 2008, 10:55 pm
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On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:05:46 -0600, richard schumacher

>Along with the Prius, AFAIK most cars now have accessory outlets which
>are dead when the car is off. Such cars would need to be modified
>before they could accept a charge through their outlets.

Don't tell Brokeback McNasty that. He thinks he's a Dr. Einstein!

Posted by notaguru on January 13, 2008, 5:06 pm
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richard schumacher wrote:
> Along with the Prius, AFAIK most cars now have accessory outlets which
> are dead when the car is off. Such cars would need to be modified
> before they could accept a charge through their outlets.

The Prius mod is trivial (one wire, 10 minutes). It's
also easy to hard-wire to the 12V system.

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