REVIEW: Hymotion Battery Plug-In Prius

I totally agree. I'll used domestic coal, before imported oil. I wish our electricity was from a renewal source. Unfortunately, solar is so expensive or I would try to include that in my plans.

 

I will try to reproduce the error on my Hymotion and ScanGauge II.
Send me the exact instructions of what I need to do. I am new to SGII and only use the basic settings.

 

Jay,
The display looks like yours. I noticed the BTA value negative everytime I glanced over at it. It was positive at stop while I took the pics.
Regardless of the display 34f is optimistic for the temperature. I drove the car normally.
Let me know if there is more I can do.
I wonder if shutting the L5 off, that the BTA would behave like a normal Prius.
Peakoil, using the SGII manual, near the back, set one of your xgauges to the values that Jay specified in the previous post. use the + and - buttons to change a position then -> to move to the next one. Save the value. Then going into the gauge menu cycle through one of the buttons to display BTA.
Chris

 

Jay,
I set the SGII VLT today and I have 13.9 at start up and 13.8 while driving. I'd be curious what your new battery shows. Also in relation to the LED Flashes I have not seen them. I rarely use ACC mode and have a base model with No SKS(hopefully this is the acronym for the keyless system). I am curious if the older batteries with SKS or other ACC draw has the voltage low enough to trigger the LED flashes.
Chris

 

he guys!

but is the MFD full regen display a problem that only happens when you connect the scang?

 

The LED flashing would make sense if the voltage goes low.
We can definitely monitor for this with SGII.

 

Installed the L5 a couple of months ago in Maryland. I wish all cars had this technology. 37 miles highway @ over 120 mph, 22.5 city all electric (except when the engine warms up.

 

I had a idea pop into my head a month or so ago....

Everybody driving has been to the point where their Prius has more power going to (or in) the battery then the car wants, its normal.

There has got to be a way where that extra power can be pushed into the Plug-In battery. Worse case: Converting it back to 110 at a HIGH loss, then tricking the battery into thinking its still plugged into the grid. Something...

Even if there is a high loss for whatever reason(s), your collecting lost power, which is very much inline to what the Prius does to begin with.

 

I had the same idea, but Hymotion locks out the ability to charge when the car is started even if the Hymotion is in the off position. I would love to find a bypass this lockout.

 

They sent you a Tesla by mistake?

 

Wow, I really meant I get 37 miles of assisted driving (at over 129 mpg) and about 25 miles in town on pure EV mode. (unlimilted mpg)

Glaf8421

 

I have noticed that with temps below 32, snow/slush/ice on the ground, my MPG is dropping dramatically. Down to the 85-90 mpg range.

You have to warm up the car to deal with this weather. Once the car is warmed up, it it much higher MPG and drives normal, but those first few minutes are bad for the MPG average.

 

ahh!!. sounds like we need

1) bigger electric heaters
2) a way to incorporate them and keep in EV mode

obtw... not crying too much to hear about your "loss of mileage"...

as you have probably seen on the national news, we are going thru a very "midwestern-like" winter... my last tank sucked (one the all time worst) because it caught 3 days of the snowstorm which has essentially lasted two weeks... but right now, i am at 39 mpg...keep in mind, my normal winter average is 48-50 mpg...man SNOW SUCKS!!

 

Does the ScanGauge SOC X Gauge show the A123 battery level or the OEM battery level?

 

Then you can use the SG to watch the Hymotion battery go down from 100% to 0%?