What’s the reviews on these Prismatic modules

nothing on this continent that i recall

 

IDK, they look like copies of the 2001-2003 Gen 1 modules. I'd be a bit cautious about dumping a bunch of $$ on them, but if you're limited on options, what can you do?

 

Most don't realize that this classic prism shape is panasonic's most successful shape ever and that shape is more than just Toyota. My guess is someone made a mold of a standard module and they added green colorings and perhaps putting something different / more advanced inside as packet instead of two decade old version?

Also, the battery chemistry is not clear? What are we talking about? NiMH or Some kind of Lithium?

 

Without a doubt, the prismatics are everywhere. I was going by the sides appearing to not have the metal layer. The sides look like the Gen 1 style, yet the top appears to match later gens. Looking through the website, they have different styles for just about every hybrid car ever made.

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From their "about us" page.....

EnnoCar integrates latest industry trends with an over-a-decade experience to all levels of its manufacturing process with its sister brand CEBA Battery at the headquarters office in Shenzhen and four factories in Mainland China.

 

Given your location, good "local" support might be as important as quality; maybe more.
And given the company's bio, I'd be a little suspicious.
They have been in business a WHOLE decade !!

 

we still have the same problem, more than 20 years later

 

While there are owners who seem to enjoy constant "tinkering" with things, I'm not one of them.

Battery theory and practical experience says that when one of more cells goes bad due to old age (as opposed to going bad early due to an isolated defect) then the rest of them will continue to fail on a regular basis.

While "rebalancing" will get you some apparent additional life, there really is no way to KNOW if that is true or not because you can't know when it would have failed without the extra attention.

In general, actual scientists who have studied stuff like this have concluded that the gain is not worth the time and money spent.

A battery is a chemical process. Once the chemicals are gone or diluted or transformed into something else, there is NOTHING you can do to get them back.

 

When done correctly, battery rebuilds can be a very cost effective solution. As always, repair work is a balance of time spent versus value. Everyone has their own set of skills, ability, goals and financial considerations. All those items need to be taken into consideration.

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I helped a local member a bit over a month ago with his battery. Did some cycling of the modules (4 or 5 iirc) and ended up replacing 4 modules. 2 of the 4 were replaced because they were too strong compared to the others. 1 was a failed module and 1 was a weak module that would have been a problem sometime down the road. Helped him install it. Days later he sent me the results of a life expectancy test performed with the Dr. Prius app. 112.16%. I would consider that a successful repair.

Repairs can be performed.

 

The type of cells used in hybrid cars do NOT exhibit any significant "memory effect", despite what the charger makers would have you believe.

 

The science doesn't say that... Toyota profiteering says that! The science says NiMH need to be reconditioned periodically for a long lifespan and instead Toyota just set the computers to let pack continue to be used down at 50% capacity because the symptoms of a pack like that help to make their argument that rebuilding a pack is problematic. Truth is the science says that you can easily restore capacity from 50% back up to 96%, but ignoring that science is part of the misinformation effort to get everyone to accept you can't replace bad modules and have to spend the big bucks.

Truth is spending $30 on another module every 3 months to 3 years is way more affordable by every measure if you do the work yourself. It's also a potential side income if you have friends with Prius who might need your help.

Modules need to be similar in age/capacity... So your best option would be to buy chargers and 50w 12v bulbs and discharge each module to a deeper level each time threes and recharge, as well as replace modules. Sometimes you can get a used pack for from a junk yard for $50 and then you rebuild both packs so if one goes bad you have a good one on the shelf that takes an hour to swap.

 

If you like learning Prius pack rebuilds are awesome. But you add the fear related to high voltage with an old dog willing to not learn new tricks and it quickly turns into how many excuses can I come up with to not rebuild a pack. And there's a lot of good excuses to work with it as it is.

 

Gen1 copies with no heat sink shields

Rebuild repair success depends on how long the car is driven with P0A80, if you rebuild soon after getting the code rather than waiting months the rebuilt pack could potentially outlast the "replacement" copies. If you drive for months with code P0A80 expect the good modules to deteriorate and compromise the overall longevity of your rebuild.

A couple years back I recall a former member on here bought two of those cheapie modules to test and he cycled them to death with his hobby charger very quickly, it was a disappointing outcome I can't remember exactly how many cycles it took to kill them but way less than one would hope.

Anyway good luck with it

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