Installed a Switch to Keep Driving :)

I seem to recall there was another thread recently (in the last several months, maybe) where the 2-ness of ss2 was brought up, and ss2 was somewhat adamant that the change from the original ss resulted from something other than a ban. I wasn't involved, so I don't know one way or the other. I do remember some posts by the original ss, and can vouch for the resemblance.

 

I believe the bot infestation of late March 2018 is the claim.

But I’m also not one of the ones who can confirm the reason.

I just know ignoring is bliss.

 

You can still find the posts of SS#1 by putting 'Sam Spade' into the 'Posted by Member:' field of the Search feature. But that name no longer appears in the auto-suggestion choices, only SS#2 appears. This absence normally suggests that the now-missing name has been banned. There might be other reasons for names to similarly disappear from the auto-complete choices, but I don't know them.

He has repeated that claim multiple times. I have no means to verify, and moderators have no need or reason to comment either way. Sort of like private HR issues at work.

 

If this were an Encyclopedia Brown mystery, it would have been the tell-tale slip-up when you said "SS#1".

 

WOW. Maybe I should be flattered that so many of you Einsteins are obsessed with me.

I am still here. I will continue to express opinions that might rub some people the wrong way.
Get over it.

At the time my previous user was "damaged", I pleaded for an explanation......and got none.

Believe whatever you want but if it was a BAN, why would I be allowed to continue with a different "name" ??
(No, please don't answer that. This bashing has gone on too long now. It accomplishes NOTHING useful.)

 

Just like others that were previously banned and came back under new names, one could be given a bit of grace as long as the new handle was better behaved. When ProximalSuns was banned and came back under a new handle, he lasted a while before being banned again. After that, 3rd / 4th / 5th handles were dispatched quite quickly.

See also Troy Heagy's history.

Since moderators tend to act like HR personnel, keeping most disciplinary actions non-public, they leave an information vacuum so that we can believe whatever we want, without fear of being contradicted.

 

Yes but that does not apply to the TARGET of the "discipline" too.

 

Why not? They can if they so choose. Silent undisclosed discipline is part of the 'make miserable' functions of some forum moderation systems, which has been discussed here several times. Especially during and after some coordinated attacks by hostile members of certain other forums.

You stick to your story, we'll cling to our unconfirmed suspicions.

 

great work lb, i like your style

 

It is interesting that the voltages of block 2 are higher - I guess this was taken during charging (or after a charge) - due to the reduced capacity. Block 3 is the second highest voltage but will probably last a lot longer.

If you keep the old blocks it would be interesting to try to refurbish them, maybe try adding electrolyte etc. My battery is worn (it seems to have maybe 50% capacity from my experiments), but not yet at the stage where I have an excuse to start ripping it apart!

Good work in fixing things and keeping your car going

 

+1

 

TechStream is mandatory for advanced level repairs. I don’t have tech stream but I am reverse engineering the machine code in the computers/ECUs. I recorded some live data today (obd2 dongle and phone screen recording is awesome); a ‘toy’ obd2 dongle will not give the error codes that we need here on priuschat but the 1.5 hour video I made of live data helped me understand a lot about the gen 2 running whatever software updates my car has (I changed oil 60,000 kms ago and 100,000kms ago the Toyota output was ‘owner to maintain vehicle’ - because of error codes from the one previous owner before I bought my car.

Keep on rolling, please do regular oil changes, as my understanding is that the HVbattery fails first but can be easily repaired or bypassed (sort of).

 

Wish you could provide a pic of the corrosion.
How long was it since you cleaned them up before? Just trying to get an idea of how long before corrosion shows back up.

 

How Do I wire the Ground Switch ? I have a similar need ?
Could you provide a picture or description of the wiring
thanks