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Daox · 03-13-2008, 01:43 PM

I read the whole thing now. It seems the system monitors battery charge, so if you get low enough it should just kick in no matter what. But, normally its not charging during acceleration. When your P&Ging, your engine is only on when your accelerating.

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Daox Administrator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 11,203 CM400E - '81 Honda CM400E 90 day: 51.49 mpg (US) Daox's Grey Prius - '04 Toyota Prius Team Toyota 90 day: 49.53 mpg (US) Daox's Insight - '00 Honda Insight 90 day: 64.33 mpg (US) Swarthy - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage DE Mitsubishi 90 day: 56.69 mpg (US) Daox's Volt - '13 Chevrolet Volt Thanks: 2,501 Thanked 2,587 Times in 1,554 Posts	I read the whole thing now. It seems the system monitors battery charge, so if you get low enough it should just kick in no matter what. But, normally its not charging during acceleration. When your P&Ging, your engine is only on when your accelerating. __________________ Current project: A better alternator delete