But please make absolutely certain the battery is correctly vented as having hydrogen and oxygen gasses released into the car cabin during the charge cycle is as dangerous as a natural gas leak in a home.Ĭlick to expand.There's a lot of options for batteries. There are tools specifically made to clean battery terminals and clamps, but you can also clean off the oxidation with copper or steel wool as long as you are VERY careful to avoid shorting out the battery or yourself whilst doing so, and then clean up meticulously to avoid the metal particles forming an alternative ground circuit which would drain your battery.ģ. But if the current battery can be successfully recharged to the correct voltage and you are determined to make it work, you could try very carefully cleaning ALL of the mating metal surfaces on that adaptor and the clamps, and then reassemble taking care that the surfaces match up properly and the clamps are all clamped down at the correct torque. Getting a new, correct size and terminal placement battery is the simplest and safest solution.Ģ. If so, there are 4 connecting surfaces, any of which may have either oxidation or just a loose connection that would cause too high resistance and thus low effective voltage into the car’s circuit, and thus the low voltage problems.ġ. I imagine the husband used some kind of adator that clamped onto the new battery + and - terminals and in turn had terminals that he could get the wiring harness + and - clamps to hold onto. Lol.Ĭlick to expand.I am trying to correctly imagine the situaion in lieu of photos of the installation. “ĭid my husband screw up the install? He followed a YouTube video. All DTCs present caused by low voltage to ECM and necessary component. *Battery improper installation/hardware found. Terminals are causing less current that needed to pass into vehicle. Battery failed CCA test, and found terminals after market. Here is what dealer said “Poor battery test results. They said battery tests fine and to take it to dealer. We are now 11 months in and the car needs to be jump started every time. My husband had to change the Post terminals to fit the Bosch. We bought a Bosch battery from Pep Boys last year (yes. All lights on dash come on when trying to start but no engine. Random lights on dash light up when trying to start. Works perfectly.We have been having issues with our 2008 Prius (114k miles) for some time now. I use a 750 watt inverter that cost well under $100. Totally superior to relying on a single battery which will run down IMO. It did not look like it was chewed by a mouse or anything like that.Īll it takes is a cheap inverter, car, and extension cord and you can run your tank until you run out of gas.and then gas up. I found that the gas line appeared brittle and cracked. I inspected it several months later for quite a while. I don't know why it happened, but I'm soured forever on those things. I go into my basement to find that the generator has spilled all of it's gas onto the basement floor (near pilot lights for boiler and hot water heater). I tested it, it worked.I then stored it in my basement.Ī couple weeks later I smell gas upstairs. It looked almost exactly like that one (same plug layout, same shape, same gas cap location, size, same pull cord location, etc), and cost about $100. I bought one of these cheap-o generaters a few years ago.
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