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Reconditioning Experience with Hybrid Automotive's Prolong System

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    Unless the Pros end up buying @jeff652's Pro line! ;)
     
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    The speed of the reconditioning is key. Pro's don't spend 4+ days to turn around a pack
     
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    It will charge an entire pack from empty to full in just over 2 hours. When paired with our pro discharger the pair will enable a full battery rebuild (including module IR & capacity testing) in 1-1.5 days. Not too bad ;)
     
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    Wow, that's pretty fast. I'm going to work my way up to this thing one day....when people start asking for my services lol
     
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    Just for fun here is a photo of a special ordered Toyota Prius 5.5A PHEV charger that we are delivering next week. It will charge the hybrid battery from vehicle empty to vehicle full in just over 30 minutes:
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    The competition should be worried. You're gonna have to make a charger discharger in 1 unit, so it'll be fully automatic from start to finish.

    Shops can charge up your hv battery while doing your 30 minute oil change. Pay for a harness and get free lifetime battery tune ups, free with oil change. Talk about repeat business generator
     
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    I just filled up this morning. Here are my findings from my second tank of gas since reconditioning on 5/15/17:

    Miles driven on the full tank of gas: 373
    Tire pressure: 38/36
    Previous tank MPG: 43.1 mpg per MFD/40.7 mpg per Fuelly.
    Current tank MPG: 44.2 mpg per MFD/45.0 mpg per Fuelly.
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    This is the best tank of gas since purchasing my Prius back in February 2017! I do not hypermill and just drive the Prius like a regular car. Since it has been warmer in Seattle, I have been using more A/C. What I notice is that the battery bars go down faster while using the A/C and being stuck in some traffic. I think the mpg would've been a little higher if I drove more on the highway. My 95 mile round-trip for a meeting got me up to 48.1 mpg. I am still happy to see 45 mpg! I hope to continue to see better mpg with more fill ups! I will update again soon!
     
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    As soon as we get the Pro Charger & Discharger/module tester released in August/Sept, we are starting development of a third box that will tie everything together and enable before after data logging (like a wheel alignment report). The BT chips and software hooks are already in the current Pro charger/discharger so they will all be forward compatible with this future product.

    By next spring/summer, we plan to merge everything into a single box for a true one touch battery reconditioning system.
     
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    Does it have to sit for days or the recharge? Or just overnight???

    Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
     
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    drooling.......
     
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    I didn't drive my Prius during the whole process. I have another car that I can drive. If you are planning on reconditioning your battery, find time where you will not need your Prius.
     
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    To do the full regime you will need to have the car sitting out of action for a minimum of 3 days.

    But, you can do a regime where you do one cycle a night for three nights and continue using the car during the day. It's a bit harder to do to ensure you get the top balance done each time, and probably won't work if you want an early start each day, I don't think you will have enough time.
     
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    I think it depends a lot on the condition of the battery. My four charge sessions alone were 24, 17.5, 19.5 and 31.5 hours. I was fortunate to schedule it at a time I had no driving plans. I had access to my wife's Yaris as needed too.
     
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    Got my auto discharger today, man that thing produces a lot of heat, can't think of using it in closed quarters.

    Made my 100 degree day even hotter lol
     
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    How many batteries are you maintaining?
     
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    I have a couple that I'm always playing with. For people that have failures and not much money. I give them a enthusiast discount to get them back on the road, then I play with the pack I get back from them.
     
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    Sounds like you made a great decision upgrading(y).

    You musta used a lot of light bulbs prior:sick:.
     
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    I've gotten the discharge with the light bulbs down to a science. I worked it into a schedule that doesn't interfere with my wife's and kid's times.

    Takes about a week to finish a pack, sometimes longer. But I don't have many customers lol
     
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