I have a hybrid whose traction battery has become completely discharged, meaning it will no longer start the ICE. The repair process is to remove the hybrid battery, open it up, and apply high voltage DC to charge it up.
I’ve got it opened up, now I need 350 volts of DC.
I have a level 1 charger that came with my electric car, can I ‘trick’ it into producing supply? When it’s plugged in, the output is zero, so obviously it needs some kind of signal to start charging. Anyone know how that works or where it’s documented?
Many thanks.
Level 1 and 2 are AC power, so of course that does not work.
Maybe you could tow charge it. Strap it to another car and just pull it with regen on. People do that with electric cars. I have not heard if that works with hybrid though.
But really you should get it towed and repaired properly.