Question for you all: In looking into my seat extension options, one question came up from my fabricator. Is there any issue in spot welding inside the prius in regards to the traction battery? Is there a circuit that can be pulled in order to disconnect the traction battery if necessary?
why would they need to spot weld extensions? can't they just make bolt on adapters? i believe that you can disconnect traction battery by unplugging the high voltage plugs, and you probably should do the same with main battery as well. but, considering the loads of various computers in prius -- spot welding may not be a good thing at all.
If the car is "off" the traction battery is not connected to anything. It's disconnected, both terminals, inside the steel battery box. I still don't understand why people are so concerned with electric welding on cars. If you connect the ground electrode very close to where you're welding there is nothing to worry about, regardless of the above. I guess electricity is still a "black art".
Hi All, The Prius drive train power electronics are isolated from ground. So, there is no hazard to any of those expensive parts. But the Prius has a ground fault interupter. I guess there might be a hazard to the ground fault sensing circuity from stray ground current. And if the ground fault sensor is broken, the car wont run. And it might be expensive before the technician figures that out. Why not just pull the rails, and spot weld them outside the car ?
I remeber when the Prius frist came out there was a mention that you should never weld with the traction battery connected. I would have the person doing the welding call the Toyota service dept. and make sure he's doing everything correctly. A mistake could cost him dearly!
ive welded with trac battery connected, but 90 % of the time i pull the service plug and wait 10 minutes at least, peace of mind to me. also i usually position the ground clamp on a good ground that is the closest to me
