Still fighting this cluster

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by SirDeadSquirrel, Feb 26, 2024.

  1. SirDeadSquirrel

    SirDeadSquirrel New Member

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    I'm at my wits end with this thing. Had the dark dash, recapped (not the 330 though, I ordered the wrong one) it worked for a week, then one morning I got in and my gauge fuse is blowing. Pulled it again, replaced the 2 again and the 330, now my door light is flickering and the dash won't turn on. Any advice?
     

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  2. Tombukt2

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    Yep you're re-engineering the wheel basically Texas hybrid has this down to a science so for the time you're spending you're going to have that much time in labor hours is just ordering the part done correctly I think so you obviously don't think that so I don't know carry on I'm not sure what they're doing down there at Texas hybrids differently have no clue All I know is it works and they do seemingly a good job so no need for me to beat my head against the soldering station and all of that. I'd rather do the mechanical work and whatnot rip the dash apart to replace the part properly with the right part not me doing the re-engineering of the part I don't really like electronics that much then the people that do seems to me they spend a lot of time at the soldering station but that's what they like to do.
     
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    The C1 (10 uF) capacitor is installed backwards. The black mark goes towards the (-). Replace that one again.

    I have messed up enough times that I try to take "before" pics whenever I can (remember).

    Here's a shot from my board. DSC_6491.JPG

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  4. Tombukt2

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    That's too good I didn't even catch that in his pic