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Originally Posted by samwichse
I 100% disagree. Not about the pulley-driven thing, but about the IMA use. Using your HCH1 with the A/C will flog your battery hard. It's almost impossible to keep the damn thing from assisting without A/C, with it on it's hard to keep it even from forced background charging.
As for keeping it cooler... you can always pull a Mike Dabrowski and run a duct from your rear A/C footwell outlet(s) directly to the IMA fan intake:
http://99mpg.com/mikestips/insightbatterypack/
Pictured is a gen1 insight, but you get the general idea. |
If you have ever compared the IMA current behavior with/without A/C, you wouldn't have that belief. A 10% increased utilization of a battery falls well short of "flog the battery hard". Heat is the #1 killer of these big fat poorly cooled "D" cells. Trust me... I have a couple hundred failed sticks.
A duct for a civic up to the rear deck would be very ungainly.. and... you'd still have to run the A/C.
