Sneakily filmed my Prius being serviced.. (with video)

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Bronze84, Jun 15, 2013.

  1. Bronze84

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    So I managed to sort of film my Prius being serviced. I knocked up a quick video, link is here:

     
    #1 Bronze84, Jun 15, 2013
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    Hmmm, not sure why it has posted 3 times :-S
     
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    I want the last 8 mins of my life back. Please do not watch this..Boring!

    Nexus 4 ? 4 Beta
     
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    I do apologise, I will send those 8 minutes straight back to you in the post...!
     
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    Watching the video I notice your headlamps appear to be out of alignment. This could be due to the angle that the car was parked in the workshop or the camera angle, but looking at where the headlights hit the tiles the left hand lamp is set considerably lower than the right hand light.

    John (Britprius)
     
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    I think it's more the way it is parked but will take a look tomorrow. I've been meaning to ask you John, the left bulb takes a couple of seconds longer to get up to temperature than the right - is it anything to be worried about?

    GT-N7100 ? 2
     
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    To be honest this is not something I have come across.
    It could be a difference in the two inveters but is more likely to be slight differences in the gas pressure in the bulbs. If it were not so difficult to change them I would say swap them from side to side. If the "problem" moves it is the bulb if it stays the same it is the inverter.
    However as long as when fully lit the brightness levels are the same it is not really a problem.
    One other thing to check is the ground wire to chassis on the slower one as a bad ground could reduce the current at start up the time when the lamps draw the most current, reducing the voltage available to the inverter across a resistive connection.

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    As always, thanks for the advice. Will put it on my check list for tomorrow
     
    #8 Bronze84, Jun 26, 2013
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