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jimg3525 · 06-30-2011, 02:35 PM

Hi Mike (or anyone),

I just finished building a Grid Charger 1 and am getting ready to install it on my 2004 Civic Hybrid. I found the connections for the charging wires with no problems but am having some trouble identifying the fan wires since all the pictures I've found seem to be related to the Insight. Don't know if they changed the connector on the Civic, but I haven't located a grey connector with only two wires. They all seem to have at least three wires. I saw where Mike stated that the connector was on the far right of the MCM, but on the HCH-I don't know if that still applies.

I thought about removing the rear deck cover to see what the # of wires and colors are connecting to the IMA battery fan, but it seems like it would be a major pain to remove the deck cover.

Also, wanted to ask if those making a permanent connection to the IMA pack are using a lug splitter for the positive connection. Since the connection is made to the pre-charge resister, there doesn't seem to be any other convenient way to do this.

BTW, the RS-25-48 power supplies that I received will now adjust down to 39 point something volts. This allowed me to adjust all three to 41 volts eliminating the need for the 1 watt LED to drop the voltage by 3 volts. My high voltage output is adjusted to 171 volts.

Thanks for all the great info on this site.

06-30-2011, 02:35 PM	#69 (permalink)
jimg3525 EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: FtW, TX Posts: 4 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Installing Grid Charger 1 on HCH-I Hi Mike (or anyone), I just finished building a Grid Charger 1 and am getting ready to install it on my 2004 Civic Hybrid. I found the connections for the charging wires with no problems but am having some trouble identifying the fan wires since all the pictures I've found seem to be related to the Insight. Don't know if they changed the connector on the Civic, but I haven't located a grey connector with only two wires. They all seem to have at least three wires. I saw where Mike stated that the connector was on the far right of the MCM, but on the HCH-I don't know if that still applies. I thought about removing the rear deck cover to see what the # of wires and colors are connecting to the IMA battery fan, but it seems like it would be a major pain to remove the deck cover. Also, wanted to ask if those making a permanent connection to the IMA pack are using a lug splitter for the positive connection. Since the connection is made to the pre-charge resister, there doesn't seem to be any other convenient way to do this. BTW, the RS-25-48 power supplies that I received will now adjust down to 39 point something volts. This allowed me to adjust all three to 41 volts eliminating the need for the 1 watt LED to drop the voltage by 3 volts. My high voltage output is adjusted to 171 volts. Thanks for all the great info on this site.