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How to run the A/C overnight?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications' started by plai7778, Mar 12, 2017.

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jerrymildred Senior Member

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PriusCamper said: ↑

So how is it that during a power outage people can hook their prius up to their house via an inverter and the car stays in ready mode indefinitely without shutting off every hour? Is that because the engine starts up within the hour to recharge the hybrid battery? Or is it because the car is not locked? So confusing?
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Prodigyplace said: ↑

READ
This was a change for 2021 apparently
If locked with the physical key the timeout is bypassed.
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Thanks. Just what I was going to say, @Prodigyplace.

JimboPalmer said: ↑

There are 4 generations of Prius. You have Gen 2 and the question is about Gen 4, confusingly asked in a Gen 3 forum.

For the Gen4, you need tricks to keep it running unattended, jerrymildred and I posted some tricks.
For Gen 1 through Gen 3, no such tricks are needed, the car runs until it is out of gas.
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Not a generation thing. It's a model year thing. Any Gen 4 will work just like any previous generation ... until the 2021 MY. {edit to add: Or was it 2020?}

#41 jerrymildred, May 13, 2021
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