For the Prius? Hummmm, let's make it a McGuyver challenge:

- 12 VDC battery is drained flat
- 273 VDC main battery pack is drained flat
- Swiss Army knife, metric tool box edition with VOM
- my Prius with 1 kW UPS

I would remove the main traction battery cover and rewire the batteries in parallel. Next, I would jack-up one front tire and wire the MG2 leads into a rectifier array using diodes from the disassembled inverter. I would turn the tire to generate the power needed to recharge the batteries to at least 45% SOC and reassemble the battery pack. Next, I would hook-up and recharge the 12 VDC auxillary battery to at least 12.5 VDC. Finally, I would let the car down and start it up.

Bob Wilson

ps. Alternatively, call AAA to tow the car to the Toyota service department and tell them, "It broke, fix it."

Operation Iraqi Oil Freedom:

Automatic, stock, project car.

My other 1500 cc car:

Automatic, stock, backup car.
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