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Old 04-09-2012, 06:15 PM   #152 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RobH View Post
Still not sure if I should turn off the switch on the battery untill I get time to fix.

Any thoughts?
If you turn the switch off you will want to monitor the 12V battery ... in case the system also turns off your DC-DC converter ... with that off you effectively have no alternator function and your 12V battery will go dead eventually.

feel free to do what you like ... But myself ... I would probably not bother switching the IMA battery off ... the system has it's own method of disconnecting it if it chooses to do so.

But I would try to look into the issue sooner than later ... and I would keep an eye on the 12V battery in the mean time ... in a Gen-1 Insight as long as you have 12V power you can at least drive the car.
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