Gen 2 Prius :: ATV / Motorcycle Battery Can Be Used To Charge 12V?

I've been told that my 12V battery was low.

I stumbled on this ATV/ motorcycle battery companion in the garage, can I use it to charge my prius?

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Prius C :: Battery Doesn't Seem To Charge All The Way

I've had the car for about 24 hours. I love it so far. My one question seems to be that the battery doesn't seem to charge all the way up. There seems to be room for 2 more bars to be completely full. Is this normal? Something to be concerned about? How this works, but if it is supposed to be full to the top, I probably should go back to the dealer?

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Prius C :: Any Way To Force ICE To Charge HV Battery

I'm wondering if there's a way to force the ICE to charge the HV battery, either while standing or driving. Currently, EV Mode kicks in while coasting down a hill, and I would rather use those moments to effectively charge the battery rather than trickle charge with what little gain that gravity gives me.

I know there was a way on other models to charge the battery while standing by depressing the accelerator in park (or in drive with the brake depressed), but neither method works with the 2015 Prius C. The battery continues to drain while the ICE runs in park, and it refuses to run in D or B while the brake and accelerator are pressed at the same time.

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Prius (Gen 3) :: HV Battery Charge Capacity Status

On the Gen III Prius, is the Battery indicator that is displayed on the HSI an actual 0-100% charge indication of the battery?

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Prius C :: Does The Battery Show Full Charge?

I've had my C a week and a half and it is doing great, but I wonder if the system is ok. It has never shown the battery at 100%. My Civic would charge all the way quite often.

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Prius C :: Cannot Charge Traction Battery When Car Is In Neutral

Took my C to the local drive through car wash as it was pretty crusty looking from all of the rain we've had lately. I had my A/C on as its a nice and warm sunny Florida day. Pulled inside and put my C in Neutral to go through the wash and half way through my car started beeping like mad and flashing the "!" in a triangle symbol and on the small screen it said something to the effect of "Cannot charge traction battery when car is in 'N'." My HVAC system drained down the traction battery and since the car was in neutral the engine couldn't keep it above the minimum SOC level. Turned the air off and anxiously waited for the car wash to hurry up so I could put it in drive. After I put the car in drive the SOC read 1 blue bar and took FOREVER to charge back (or perhaps it just seemed that way because I was freaking out..)

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Gen 3 Prius (Audio/Electronics) :: How The 12v Battery Keeps AMP Charge

I am thinking of installing amp in 2010 prius. Question how is the 12v battery keeps its charge. I am assuming the amp will be drawing power from 12v battery. When the engine kicks on during driving it is charging the hybrid battery. I am afraid of killing the power from 12v battery.

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Prius (2010-12) :: Battery Charge Level - Never 100%

Seen the battery charge level at 100%? The battery charge display seems to never go up to the top bar. I think I may have noticed it once, but I might have been dreaming that.

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Prius (Gen 2) :: Traction Battery Loses Charge Overnight?

I see this was discussed back in 06 but not resolved. Maybe more owners have had additional experiences with this.

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Prius (Gen 2) :: How To Charge Hybrid Battery With Regular Charger

Is it possible to do a long charge of the hybrid battery with a regular battery charger? If so how?

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Prius (Gen 2) :: Battery Didn't Charge At High Altitude

I recently took a trip up .and I noticed that driving up long inclines my battery just drained to practically nothing.

When I got to level terrain it'd charge but to not to full level. and for my entire trip it didn't ever really charge much. However once I got down to lower altitudes and drove to my home It charged right up and has retained its charge.

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Prius V :: Battery Losing Charge Whilst Driving

I've bought a used prius v ,the mileage is now 72k and as of monday (2 days ago) the maintenance reqd light came on intermittently when I start the car. So, I checked and saw that this meant it was due for a service, no big deal.

I don't know if it's linked but Monday I drove about 360 miles and then last night (Tuesday) I noticed my battery drained quickly on a 7 mile trip , it went down to 2 bars (they became blue on the car display) and took forever to go back up. Then same thing this afternoon but funnily enough, not this morning.

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Prius (2010-12) :: How To Get The Car To Charge Traction Battery Idling

I know car likes to shut off at 3-4 bar, but what if I want to keep the battery closer to full in order to get more power. Is there any way to tell the computer to keep engine running?

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Prius (2004-09) :: Possible To Charge Hybrid Battery When Car Is Idling

I recently purchased a used 2007 prius. The car has not been driven for some time. I won it in an auction from a used/wreaked car lot and am in the process of fixing it up. I need to know if it is possible to charge the hybrid battery when the car is idling or will this only discharge the hybrid battery and if so, is there any way to charge the hybrid battery other than driving the car?

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Prius (2004-09) :: Battery Loses Almost All Charge Over Night

The symptoms are: HV Battery loses almost all charge over night. Sometimes it won't start. HV battery loses charge fast while cruising in the city (I used to see it getting green at the highways with cruise control and now it doesn't happen). Red warning light goes on randomly.

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Prius (2004-09) :: Lip Mode - Battery Charge Does Not Fluctuate

I have a problem I can't figure out. 06 Prius with 105k.

Current codes: P3000, P3020, C1259, C1310, C1378

Car will run and drive but is in limp mode

HV battery fan is at full blast, but charge does not fluctuate

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Prius (2004-09) :: Battery Losing Charge While Idle

I just purchased a 2004 Prius. When I am driving the battery seems to work fine but yet the battery loses charge when I am sitting in the car while running on idle. The battery goes down to 2 bars and the engine has to kick in to charge the battery. I have no check engine lights. Does this mean my battery needs to be replaced? If so then what are your thought on rebuilt batteries.

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Prius (2004-09) Fuel :: Any Way To Force ICE To Charge HV Battery?

I got my car about 2 month ago, and i started to understand how she is working ( how the hybrid cars works in general ), in my daily trip, there is about 5 mile flat road, sometimes when I reach this road SOC shows 3 bars only and its not enough for EV that 5 miles road, but if the battery have more than 6 bars i think it will do the job, and if you will ask me why you don't charge it through the car movement, the answer is very simple, because I am gilding the car before getting that flat road, so, is there any why to force the ICE charging the HV battery?

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Prius C :: Why Doesn't The Battery Ever Charge To Full Capacity

Why the battery never charges to full capacity in the battery level indicator on the LCD screen? It never goes over 6 bars out of the 8 bars so it only gets to be 3/4 full.

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