Help! Almost didn't make it home! (2000 Insight)

[cowmeat]

"Replace the 12V battery or charge it up and disconnect the three connectors on the BCM(circled in red). This will force your DC-DC converter to stay on. Then you can drive the car without worry and we'll help you work through the problems."

Thoughts?

I drove mine around with the IMA battery turned off for months, I just clicked off the big battery switch in back. You definitely need a good 12V battery though, and that only works if it was just your IMA battery going bad, not if the BCM is bad too

[jakobnev]

This is your excuse to build a LiFePO4 plugin pack for the 12 volt system.


If you get your IMA running again, you can even make a 12v to 112v(?) booster circuit to maximise the use of electricity on shorter trips.