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Originally Posted by Daox
Your IMA battery thanks you for AC though. I was just talking with the owner of hybridbatteryrepair.com this weekend and he says heat is the number one killer of packs.
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Ron is correct that heat kills IMA batteries, and if your battery overheats, a blast of AC can bring its temperature down faster. Though AC use is from mandatory for the Insight. The battery fan comes on around 140F, and you can keep the cabin under 100F with a sun shade when parked, and lowering one window while driving. Add an assist/regen disable switch, and the battery will hardly ever heat up unless you're in hills too steep to EOC down. Add a MIMA or other custom fan controller and the fan will come on at a lower temperature.