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Old 09-22-2018, 07:45 PM   #101 (permalink)
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That's good to know. Maybe I won't remove the IMA after all. I'm assuming a degraded IMA still charges the 12V enough so I wouldn't have to wire up that DC-DC thingy to avoid the 12V only charging between 1400 and 3500 RPMs?
A degraded IMA still charges the 12v system until it's at its very end. With it disconnected, you still get some charging at idle, but the lights are dimmer. Charging cutoff is at 4k, but it immediately comes back on below 4k.


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Speaking of the buttons, if the buttons are broken they can be replaced with 3D printed ones from IC, right?
The big FCD button never breaks. The smaller ones on the cluster get hard to push on some cars. The fix isn't 3d printed, but replacements from Mouser cost less than $5. There's also a service on IC to replace all of them for $20 if you don't want to do the soldering yourself.

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