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Price: $499.00
2003-2005 Honda Civic Hybrid
MAXX-VOLTS
IMA Battery Pack Home/WorkCharging System
**Eliminates OBD-II Diagnostic Trouble Codes: POA7F P1600 P1433****Can turn off your IMA light and allow ASSIST and REGEN**
**Can turn off RED battery trouble light and allows hybrid battery to charge your regular car battery once again**
$$$ NO HIDDEN $80.00 CORE RETURN FEES! $$$ (like other listings)
(Nothing required to be removed from your car and mailed back to us!)
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What is a MAXX VOLTS charging system and why to I need it?
The unique high voltage charging system we offer has been designed to serve themarket of Honda owners who invested in Hybrid automobiles with the idea thatthe high MPG fuel efficiency of this 66mpg hwy rated vehicle would save a lotof money in fuel costs over time. Whether you bought your Honda Insight new orused, you probably realized as time passed, or in case of buying a used onethat the mpgs started to drop over time. The car started charging itself moreoften which loads up the engine and drags down fuel efficiency.
The NiMH battery packs in the Honda Civic Hybridvehicles consist of 132 individual battery cells robotically welded in seriesconsisting of 11 pairs of 12 welded batteries sticks each. Through the battery pack,electricity travels end to end + to - until it runs through each of the 132nickel metal hydride battery cells where the total voltage ends up in the154-185 volts range depending on the state of charge of the pack and itsoverall battery health. Now the Honda IMA system does a fairly good jobmanaging the charging and usage of this electricity but it the pack as a wholesingular unit and does not, nor have the capability to manage each individualof the 132 battery cells individually. Over time these batteries can become outof sync with one another with slight voltage and internal resistancedifferences. This will reduce the range of effective useable area the IMAsystem has to operate in between charging and discharging (ASSIST) power.
What our charging system will do is give the end user the ability to chargetheir IMA battery pack at home or the office via the standard USA 110v AC plugyou would have in your home. This ability to override the IMA system tellingthe IMA motor when to start and stop charging the battery pack will allow youto fully charge the pack without the IMA computer playing referee.
How will this home charging ofthe IMA battery pack help me?
Our home charging system will allow the end user not only to charge their pack,but also to BALANCE their NiMH Honda battery pack. In most cases this willeliminate the IMA light, the lack of the cars ability to assist and regeneratepower to the battery pack. It can help keep off IMA lights and allow you topass smog inspections.
What is balancing a pack?
The Maxx Volts Charger system is programmable to allow you to set the start andstop times of the charger. This will allow the charger not only to fill, butalso to soak charge the weaker cells within the pack. Balancing a pack isbringing all of the 132 individual cells within the same voltage as one anotherso that their charge and discharge characteristics are as close as possible toone another.
How do I charge the weakercells?
Charging at a safe charging current (with our Maxx Volts Charger), until thestronger cells with the highest voltage reach capacity, they will transfer anyadditional energy into a few degrees in temp change while the weaker, lowervoltage cells \"catch up\" and continue rising in voltage.
What trouble codes can the MAXX VOLTSCHARGER help eliminate?
P1447/P1449/ P1600 diagnostic trouble codes fromthe OBD II scan port are the typical codes that may be eliminated with MAXXVOLTS charging system.
How will Iknow when my battery is charged?
Our Maxx Volts Programmable charger has a built in voltage and amperage currentdisplay. We will provide baseline figures for you to look for as to what toexpect and our charging system will also slightly reduce current amperagewhen it is full or nearing full capacity of the battery pack.
Why do I want my current toreduce as the battery nears full?
Think of yourself pumping gas into the tank. As you reach full, you know youare running out of space in the tank after you get close to your tankscapacity. You want to slow down the fuel before you top it off so that fueldoesn\'t shoot out when it reaches full. Our charger will taper the current from320 milliamps down until it reaches near capacity. That doesn\'t mean you cancharge the pack indefinitely however between our current tapering safeguard andour built in programmable 24 hour timer with 1 minute resolution, you should beable to set it and forget it.
How often should I charge thepack?
This will depend on a number of factors including the overall condition of thepack, the climate and mileage of the car, however our customers have used ourchargers anywhere from monthly to each morning as a daily maintenance chargerto start the day off on a full and warmed up pack.
I am goingon vacation, can I use this as a maintenance charger to reverse self dischargeand potential damage to my NiMH pack?
Yes, in fact that is just another feature the MAXX-VOLTS chargerhas over the others in its consumer market. You can set the charger to feed an minimalinput of charge daily to keep it topped off while you are away. This selfdischarging of NiMH is so concerning to Honda that its in the owners manualthat you are required to drive the vehicle every 30 days minimum to keep thepack charged on a new car! Imagine nowhow often your old, weathered pack needs this boost to stay healthy.
Why would I want a \"warmedup pack\"?
Just like the \"ICE\" otherwise known as the internal combustion enginethat the Civic has which is powered by gasoline, it needs to warm up formaximum efficiency. While the gas engine operates at 180-195*F, the IMA batterypack peak for efficiency is approximately 77*F. If you reside in colderclimates or you are in the colder seasons, this can benefit your MPG anduseable battery capacity as well as the pack\'s ability for provide ASSIST andREGENERATION of power back into the pack from the IMA motor.
Why wouldn’t I justbuy a new battery from Honda instead of the MAXX VOLTS charger?
Hondadoesn’t sell new hybrid batteries forany NiMH packs. For an average of about $2,800.00, they will sell you a “refurbishedunit” and gladly take your existing pack to refurbish and sell to someone else.In the end you will be out the money spent and still have a used/refurb batterypack. Panasonic made the hybrid batteries and they no longer make these unitsso they are not available as new. So for a fraction of that cost you can have apersonalized programmable MAXX-VOLTS charger to command at your will to take acharge, balance the high end of your battery pack and potentially have a goodworking car again without the IMA lights and with improved MPGs again.
There are more than one charger onthe market, how is yours different from the others?
We will not speak of whose is better or worse and why, however we will overviewthe features and benefits of ours and allow you to decide who is building aquality engineered and well thought out unit at a reasonable price.
Some Specifications onour Maxx Volts Programmable Charger:
v Programmable DIGITAL 24hr timer withAM/PM clock and internal battery backup!
-Internal clock battery does not depend on being plugged in!
-Easy to understand AM/PM clock with programmable ON time and off times - nomath or guesswork required. You want to set it for 5am and have it turn off at8am for your morning commute? You got it....
-Able to be used as a battery warmer with light topping off of the battery inthe AM for maximum efficiency and no waiting for max assist and regeneration,pending your ICE engine has reached normal operating temps.
-Able to be used as a SOAK charger for up to 23:59 hrs for initial recovery ofa low voltage battery
-1 minute resolution. Start charging at 9:27pm and stop charging at 11:04pm?You got it!
v Built in DIGITAL LED VOLTMETER!
- No guesswork or dangerous poking or prodding of high voltage electricalterminals with a crappy voltmeter to try and figure out the state of yourbattery charge/volts.
v Built in DIGITAL CURRENT AMPERAGE METER!
- Allows you to monitor/calculate the energy going into the pack and determinewhen current tapering (FULL PACK) is occurring.
v Modular construction with CPC lockingconnectors.
-Both the charger and the car\'s charging port BOTH have female CPC connectionscomplete with locking dustcap when not in use!
-No bulky annoying wires dangling around. When the charger is NOT in use, youcan cap off the car\'s port for an OEM finish
-There are NO high voltage wires hanging out of the charger unit to tangle ortrip over and no exposed high voltage wires or prongs to accidently touchtogether.
v Material construction quality andengineering
-Charger high voltage purpose use cables are ratedfor 300V and not some inferior and potentially dangerous 12v rated automotivewire.
-Battery pack to charger reverse electrical flowprotection built into battery harness.
-Positive electricity from battery pack cannot flow from high voltage positivein our wiring harness back to the charger.
-Current can only flow from charger to battery pack, even if the car wasstarted accidentally!
-Our standardized 9 pin CPC connectors mean that our charger is upgradeable ata later date for additional inputs and outputs such as dataloggers, externalfan controls, etc.
-Connections are soldered, heatshrunk and many connections potted forelectrical connection protection.
-MAXX VOLTS charger power cables from car to charger are CPC male twist andlock connection. No loose connections and a securely and surely lockingconnection that won\'t pull out.
Strain relief plug ends protect wires from bending,wearing out and pulling out of harness.
-Brand new power supply cases designed forventilation and cooling.
-Slow blow arc quenching high voltage fuse atbattery connection.
-Internal power supply fuses
v COMPATIBILITY
-Standardized 9 pin CPC connectors for forward and reverse compatibility withGenesisOne and Hybrid Rev chargers.
-If you bought a car with a GenesisOne or Hybrid Rev Charging port, our MAXXVOLTS charger will work with it!
- If you own a GenesisOne $$$$ charger or the like and want an additional unitmore portable or for another one of your hybrid\'s, our MAXX VOLTS charger iscompatible!It is the most nimble and feature rich charger available.
v High visibility LED power supplycooling fan
-Protects power supplies from overheating.
-Doubles as an audio and visual indicator that thecharger is powered on and charging. Even from inside your home you can tell ifthe charger is on.
-Forget that the charger is still on and ready for a drive? With a LED poweredfan in your rearview mirror makes driving off with the charger on and attachedvirtually impossible.
Significant improvements have been obtained with nearly every NiMH Honda Hybridbattery we have tested and reconditioned. What is nice about our charger isthat under the worst condition hybrid battery, our programmable MAXX VOLTScharging system has still worked great as a daily maintenance charger set toprovide a preprogrammed daily boost to a weathered pack and still give useablelife for daily driving for just pennies in electric which more than pays foritself in MPG gains.
FirstGeneration Honda Civic Hybrid 2003 2004 2005 IMA Battery Pack Charging System
TheMAXX VOLTS charging system pictured above will include thebattery wiring harness complete with reverse polarity protection, the chargingport with dustcap and 9 pin upgradable CPC connection, the male to male modular300v pro wiring harness from charger to port, the charger itself with built inLED cooling fan and female 9 pin CPC twist and lock connector with dustcap, thebuilt in volt and amperage meter ( meter supports 0-1050ma), 110v power cord towall outlet, manual override power switch, built in PROGRAMMABLE 23:59hr digitaltimer w/ internal battery and clock w/ 1 min resolution for a true set it andforget it system.
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