Posted by The Tramp on February 2, 2008, 11:05 pm
> Diako wrote:
> ...according to one who has obviously never driven a Prius under those
> conditions. I have.
> Having been in that situation and wondering why the heck my ICE had
> started running going down a long steep grade, I tried B and found no
> difference betweenbB and D in that situation. Then I thought to look at
> the other Info MFD screen and saw my battery was pegged at solid green.
Oh boy... you must be deaf.
In these conditions (downhill, green batteries, no acceleration) the
REV of the ICE is doubled in respect to D.
I know: I have a Prius, a rev Counter and the Alpes. :D
if under 40 mph:
Batteries < 80% (and not too hot, otherwise threshold lowers)
In D RPM = 0 charge = +10 Amp.
In B RPM = 1300 charge +20 Amp.
Batteries topped up:
In D RPM = ~2000 rpm
In B RPM = ~4500 rpm
One curiosity: a slight pressure on the accelerator while in B = RPM
does down (and the car goes downhill faster)
Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on February 3, 2008, 12:00 am
In article
> > Having been in that situation and wondering why the heck my ICE had
> > started running going down a long steep grade, I tried B and found no
> > difference betweenbB and D in that situation. Then I thought to look at
> > the other Info MFD screen and saw my battery was pegged at solid green.
>
> Oh boy... you must be deaf.
>
> In these conditions (downhill, green batteries, no acceleration) the
> REV of the ICE is doubled in respect to D.
> I know: I have a Prius, a rev Counter and the Alpes. :D
>
> if under 40 mph:
> Batteries < 80% (and not too hot, otherwise threshold lowers)
> In D RPM = 0 charge = +10 Amp.
> In B RPM = 1300 charge +20 Amp.
Not here.
There's no feed to the batteries from the wheels if the car is in B mode.
Posted by The Tramp on February 3, 2008, 6:46 pm
> > if under 40 mph:
> > Batteries < 80% (and not too hot, otherwise threshold lowers)
> > In D RPM = 0 charge = +10 Amp.
> > InBRPM = 1300 charge +20 Amp.
> Not here.
> There's no feed to the batteries from the wheels if the car is inBmode.
Cool.... My prius is better than yours. :-D
Posted by Tomes on February 3, 2008, 12:48 am
"The Tramp"...
David Kelly wrote:
> ...according to one who has obviously never driven a Prius under those
> conditions. I have.
> Having been in that situation and wondering why the heck my ICE had
> started running going down a long steep grade, I tried B and found no
> difference betweenbB and D in that situation. Then I thought to look at
> the other Info MFD screen and saw my battery was pegged at solid green.
Oh boy... you must be deaf.
In these conditions (downhill, green batteries, no acceleration) the
REV of the ICE is doubled in respect to D.
I know: I have a Prius, a rev Counter and the Alpes. :D
if under 40 mph:
Batteries < 80% (and not too hot, otherwise threshold lowers)
In D RPM = 0 charge = +10 Amp.
In B RPM = 1300 charge +20 Amp.
Batteries topped up:
In D RPM = ~2000 rpm
In B RPM = ~4500 rpm
One curiosity: a slight pressure on the accelerator while in B = RPM
does down (and the car goes downhill faster)
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I am curious, what is the source of this information? I would like to read
up more on this, thanks.
Tomes
Posted by The Tramp on February 3, 2008, 6:45 pm
> I am curious, what is the source of this information? I would like to read
> up more on this, thanks.
The source of information is my car on my local road 9Italian Alps)
equipped with a CAN scanner. A famous one.
If you want more info, just ask.
> ...according to one who has obviously never driven a Prius under those
> conditions. I have.
> Having been in that situation and wondering why the heck my ICE had
> started running going down a long steep grade, I tried B and found no
> difference betweenbB and D in that situation. Then I thought to look at
> the other Info MFD screen and saw my battery was pegged at solid green.