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Old 04-02-2018, 11:48 PM   #227 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bwilson4web View Post
Which approach did you take?

I've seen the replacement pack built around new "D" cell NiMH battery sticks and it looks pretty good. My understanding it is also price competitive.

Bob Wilson
I opened it up and used RC chargers to charge and discharge the modules. One was clearly junk and two others didn't respond well to my rejuvenation attempts, so I replaced those 3 with modules from ebay. Seems to have more battery capacity than in the last year or two, but I think the cold might be limiting the output a bit. I'll do a more complete write-up sometime.

That's something I really like about the Prius vs the Volt, even the technical repairs are fairly doable for the average DIYer. Part of that is probably due to the sheer number of Prii out there and how long they've been around, pretty much every issue and fix has been documented.
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