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After reading the recent thread on the battery running down in traffic, I remembered a previous event that I wanted to ask about.
On a recent trip from Anaheim CA (Sea Level) to Las Vegas NV and back (over the San Gaberial Mountains), I noticed coming down Cajon Pass that the battery charge indicator in the MFD got all the way up to eight solid green bars. The vertical drop is from 4300 ft to about 1200 ft in about 9 'ish miles so this condition existed for about 4 miles (about 7 minutes).
Since I have a 6.6 Kw solar electric power system with battery back-up, I know how important it is to have a charge controller that can take extra energy and divert it (if necessary) to a "dump" load.
I hope that the brillant engineers at Toyota have thought of this. Anyone know for sure?
Great forum. :lol:
On a recent trip from Anaheim CA (Sea Level) to Las Vegas NV and back (over the San Gaberial Mountains), I noticed coming down Cajon Pass that the battery charge indicator in the MFD got all the way up to eight solid green bars. The vertical drop is from 4300 ft to about 1200 ft in about 9 'ish miles so this condition existed for about 4 miles (about 7 minutes).
Since I have a 6.6 Kw solar electric power system with battery back-up, I know how important it is to have a charge controller that can take extra energy and divert it (if necessary) to a "dump" load.
I hope that the brillant engineers at Toyota have thought of this. Anyone know for sure?
Great forum. :lol: