New owner of '05 with only 200 miles

Does such a charger get mounted permanently in the car? Were would it connect to? Right to the terminals on the HV battery under the service cover?

I did a quick search and I see chargers listed in or just under $400. That's a lot for a car I may or may not be keeping.

If it proves to be a car that I can drive without a lot of issues or having to pay special attention to the battery state of charge it may stay but I've not yet figured out which one of my current cars it could replace.

Before all this I was pretty happy with the cars and trucks I had, getting these vehicles suddenly has me reconsidering what sits in my driveway. I like the mileage of the Prius and its a pretty roomy car for what it is, but its not a good highway car for long trips when compared to my Lincoln Town Car. The F150 is likely a keeper, but the Escalade seems like maybe it could displace the Town Car and my old truck, but I don't part with cars easily. It apparently runs in the family as I currently own 19 cars some tagged, others in storage or just parked in the yard and used seasonally.
The Prius, if it proves not to need a battery doesn't have a very high blue book value but the low miles should help it fetch more than the $5K listed as a max retail value on the car but if that's all it can bring, I might was well drive it till the wheels fall off or park it back in a garage for another 10 or more years and let see what its worth then. I did that with my 1986 F150 at 14k, its been stored in the garage since 1987. The tank was emptied and dried out, the fuel line disconnected from the pump so I can start it from time to time on a remote tank to keep the motor healthy. I run it about an hour every year. The battery is on a shelf, drained of its acid. The tires are on it but its on stands with the tires covered with tire covers. At the time I liked the truck but found one I liked better so I kept it and put it away for future use. Meanwhile I bought an almost identical truck and have been using that one from time to time without any concern about putting miles on it.

 

I guess I'm just used to dealing with normal lead acid batteries where I can load test and prove their true state of charge.
I can say one thing though, so far other than the suspect battery level reading on the display, the car hasn't done anything wrong in 365 miles.
It likely won't see many long runs like it did today, I only took it out today so it could get some run time to charge the battery.
Its better suited for local grocery runs and maybe a ride down to the boat every so often.

 

I wouldn't call it a collection but I've got more cars than I should I suppose. The 1986 F150 was my first new truck, so it got babied, when a near identical truck with a few more miles came available really cheap back in 1987 I bought that one and parked mine and put it away for safe keeping in the back garage at the time. I now resides in the rear section of a warehouse I rent along with a few dozen other vehicles. None are collectible cars, just clean old cars and trucks I happened to like and own over the years. My daily driver up to now has been my 2004 Town Car with 58,000 miles on it. I also have a 1998 Ford Ranger with 25,700 miles that I bought new that I keep around just to have a small truck when I need it. I also 'inherited' a Kia Sportage last year when another relative gave up trying to get it fixed with only 24,000 miles on it. After 20 trips to the dealer she gave up and gave it to me when it died in my driveway. It turned out that who ever put in the remote start system had butchered up the ignition switch wiring, it took me all about two hours to find and fix.
Its been an OK car but its a small inside for a 350 lb / 6ft 4" tall man. (Surprisingly the Prius has lots more room inside).
I also have a 2001 Dodge conversion van with only 28k on it, but its mileage has been limited mostly due to its horrendous fuel economy. I have four more vans, two older F250's, and two 1996 Dodge vans which were my delivery trucks at work, plus I've got two 95 F150's, one with just over 200K and the other with 41K, both were bought used about 10 years ago.
A week before inheriting the Prius I bought a 4,000 mile 2004 F250 Powerstroke diesel pickup, and a month before that I bought a clean used GMC Suburban to use to tow my boat. I can't say I'm really fond of either one of these two trucks but they were cheap and had low miles. My neighbors keep telling me my yard looks like a used car lot, especially on weekends when I often have several of my work trucks home here as well.
At one point I had over 40 cars and trucks but I sold off most of the older vehicles and muscle cars, I got tired of storing things I wasn't ever likely to use. I'm getting close to purging a few from the list right now, I just don't know which one's will go.

 

When I came out this morning and hopped in the Prius to run down to the store the battery indicator was showing all its bars lit up in green? After a 5 mile drive the bars teetered between full and one bar down as I drove.
I have the battery cover and rear of the car all put back together so I can't easily read battery volts but for what ever reason the display seems to have fixed itself.

I'm now debating on which vehicle I should take with me to FL this winter, I usually take my Town Car but I hate to let the Prius just sit for three or four months. This is where a maintenance charger on these would come in handy. (Most of my other vehicles all have on-board battery maintenance chargers which stay plugged in to maintain the batteries when they're not in use. That way they're always ready to go.

FL is a 1100 mile ride one way, and I usually put about 500 miles on the car while I'm there, but I also have two other vehicles down there that I can also use. (I have another Ranger pickup, 1 '98 4x4, and a super clean 05 Cadillac Deville with only about 1,400 miles on i)t. I usually drive that around a bit to keep it in working order while I'm there as well. The good thing about FL is that I've got plenty of room in the garage down there, the Prius won't have to spend any time outdoors over the winter up here.

How well does a Prius handle constant A/C use? Being a black car, I can't imagine there being many days down in FL where I wouldn't need the A/C. I'd also seriously consider getting the windows tinted for down there, Especially the rear window.

 

10+ years is one thing but this car sat unused for 12, and the battery was apparently still charged enough to start the car.
After testing the HV battery for two days with a Fluke meter, I think the issues are with the display not the battery. The car seems to go quite a distance if I force it to run EV only at low speeds, that gives me the impression that the battery isn't in bad shape. The drive to NY yesterday really gave it some charge time since I didn't run the A/C as I did on the trip home from PA.
Its been roughly 350 miles since it was 'revived' from its long sleep, wouldn't that be enough time to tell if the battery is going to survive or not? Its also getting decent fuel mileage, so my take on that is that the EV portion of the system is working well.
It doesn't seem to lack any power, and it's not let me down yet.
Does anyone think its too soon to chance a trip to FL in this thing?
Were these intended more for local around town driving or for highway use?
I don't see many of them around here, not like I do in the city.