Battery chargers.
Maybe a question for Mex. Stone dead 12 volt battery on my Prius. Gone for a week and door ajar causing dome light to drain battery. Brought out 2 different battery chargers,neither one would put o...
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time2roll wrote:camperdave wrote:Getting to be a bigger issue with all the telemetrics that never shut down on these new cars.
It's good to keep the old dumb stuff around sometimes, for things like this. That's what I tell my wife about me anyway...
My wife's Ford Fusion hybrid wouldn't start a while back because of a dead starter battery. It amused me that there's 300v of lithium sitting in the truck, but the car wouldn't start because the lead acid battery under the hood was dead. She didn't find it amusing.
Especially frustrating with the EVs that really need a deep cycle battery since zero need for the start surge.
I think the OP has the answer. Although I am surprised a dome light did it. Even my old 2001 F150 will cut all power at about 30 minutes if this is detected.
Yes, my 2004 Chev truck shuts it's dome lights off after 10 minutes, however this was a 2001 Prius and i guess they had not thought of that back then.
Interesting is that the instant i connected the good charger i jumped into the car, turned the key and it started right up.
The now 12 volts activated some relays connecting up the 276 volt battery and the engine started immediately. Just needed 12 volts to operate some relays i guess.
