Posted by Don Goyette on February 4, 2006, 9:57 pm
> Don Goyette wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>>>Often when sitting at a traffic signal waiting for the light to change,
>>>>the engine will stop, start up agin, stop,restart,..., every 5 - 15
>>>>seconds.
>>>
>>>I've seen this but not very often, and not with as many cycles as you've
>>>described. For me, it's most likely to happen when the outside
>>>temperature is in the 90s, and I've assumed it's the A/C running down
>>>the battery.
>>>
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>>
>> It happens on mine with the outside temp in the 50s and the AC turned
>> off.
> Near as we can tell, if the batteries are charged up too high, the Prius
> will start and stop the ICE just to bleed off some of the charge. At
> least, that's what seems to be happening...
What is the ICE?
Posted by Mike Rosenberg on February 4, 2006, 10:34 pm
> > Near as we can tell, if the batteries are charged up too high, the Prius
> > will start and stop the ICE just to bleed off some of the charge. At
> > least, that's what seems to be happening...
>
> What is the ICE?
Internal combustion engine.
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>>>
>>>
>>>>Often when sitting at a traffic signal waiting for the light to change,
>>>>the engine will stop, start up agin, stop,restart,..., every 5 - 15
>>>>seconds.
>>>
>>>I've seen this but not very often, and not with as many cycles as you've
>>>described. For me, it's most likely to happen when the outside
>>>temperature is in the 90s, and I've assumed it's the A/C running down
>>>the battery.
>>>
>>
>>
>> It happens on mine with the outside temp in the 50s and the AC turned
>> off.
> Near as we can tell, if the batteries are charged up too high, the Prius
> will start and stop the ICE just to bleed off some of the charge. At
> least, that's what seems to be happening...