2005-2007 Honda Accord Hybrid
EL-1 Non-Programmable Charger
IMA Battery Pack Home/Work Charging System
w/ IMA battery cooling fan control!
** May help ELIMINATE OBD-II DiagnosticTrouble Codes: POA7F P1600 P1433**
**May help turn off your IMA light andallow ASSIST and REGEN**
**May help turn off RED battery trouble light and allow IMA battery tofeed power to your 12v battery again**
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 51mpg hwy rated vehicle (civic) would save a lot of money in fuel costs overtime. Whether you bought your Honda new or used, you probably realized as timepassed, or in case of buying a used one that the mpgs started to drop overtime. The car started charging itself more often which loads up the engine anddrags down fuel efficiency.
TheNiMH battery packs in the Honda Insight Hybrid vehicles consist of 120-132individual battery cells robotically welded in series consisting of many sticksof welded batteries each. Through the battery pack, electricity travels end toend + to - until it runs through each of the 120-132 nickel metal hydridebattery cells where the total voltage ends up in the 144-190 volts rangedepending on the state of charge of the pack and its overall battery health,year/make/model. Now the Honda IMA system does a fairly good job managing thecharging and usage of this electricity but it the pack as a whole unit but doesnot have the capability to manage each individual of the 120-132 battery cellsindividually. Over time these batteries can become out of sync with one anotherwith slight voltage and internal resistance differences. This will reduce therange of effective useable area the IMA system has to operate in betweencharging 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 vehicle when to start and stop charging the battery pack will allow you tofully charge the pack without the IMA computer playing referee. How will this home charging of the IMAbattery 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 may help keep off IMA lights and may help you topass smog inspections.What is balancing a pack?
The Maxx Volts Charger system allows you to charge your battery pack. This willallow the charger not only to fill, but also to soak charge the weaker cellswithin the pack. Balancing a pack is bringing all of the 120-132 individualcells within the same voltage as one another so that their charge and dischargeenergy levels are as close as possible to one another.How do I charge the weaker cells?
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 of heat that is exhausted by our IMA fansupport, while the weaker, lower voltage cells "catch up" andcontinue rising in voltage.
How will I know when my battery is charged?
Our Maxx Volts charger has a built in voltage and amperage current display. Wewill provide baseline figures for you to look out for and what to expect whenreaching a full charge. This information will be contained in theyear/make/model general use instructions we provide for your particular vehiclewithin your package.How often should I charge the pack?
This will depend on a number of factors including theoverall condition of the pack, the climate and mileage, usage of the car andfactors such as the internal resistance of the cells., Our customers have usedour chargers anywhere from every few months to weekly as a maintenance chargerto keep the pack balanced.
There are more than one charger on themarket, how is yours different from the others?
There are various chargers in the marketplace, but none as featurerich, available for purchase to the general public and proudly built in the USAclearly demonstrating our quality, attention to detail and how well thought outour systems are. Just like you, we actually own and drive these every day.We currently own 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Honda Civic Hybrids, 2001, 2003 HondaInsights, 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid, 2003, 2004, 2005 Honda Civic Hybrids atthis time. So what this means is that every unit built has been thoroughly FITand TESTED through quality control we can apply while fitting these systems toan actual car and not a "jig".
There are a number of inferiorknockoff "chargers" around using cheap chinese Meanwell powersupplies or worse, however we have thoroughly tested those and they did not meet ourstringent quality standards. An overview the features and benefits of oursystem below will allow you to decide who is building a quality engineered andwell thought out unit at a reasonable price.
- 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 and is accurate up to 300 volts DC!
- Allows you to monitor/calculate the energy going into the pack and determine ifyou have successfully made the proper IMA+ and IMA- connections. Unlikeinferior competitor products, you can actually VERIFY that energy is making its way tothe IMA battery in real time and real mA measurements so you can calculate how much you have charged the IMA battery in amp-hours!
-The charger and the car's wiring harness uses professional grade connectionscomplete with locking connectors!
-Clean installation, safe connectors with twist to lock function prevent pull out and wire strain.
-There are NO high voltage wires hanging out of the charger unit to tangle ortrip over and no inferior 12v rated low quality connectors used to avoid arc and electrocution.
-MAXX VOLTS charger power cables from car to charger are CPC male twist andlock connection. No loose wiring and pet sleeving and a securely and surely lockingconnection that won't pull out. Inferior chargers do not use quality connections.
Unfortunately, in any one specific case, it is notpossible to say for sure how much the charger will help. The amount ofimprovement depends on the condition of your existing battery packitself. If the cause of the problem is a major physical failure such andinternal short or high internalresistance, the charger cannot help, those failed battery sticks must bereplaced. If the problem is the more common nickel metal hydride battery packimbalance, then our charger is designed to alleviate those issues. We makeno guarantees that this product or any external charging system will fix yourIMA battery, however more often than not, the charging and balancing of an IMAbattery will alleviate many common symptoms of an out of balance hybridbattery.
Under the worst case scenario if you had to replaceyour hybrid battery, our grid charger is still an imperative maintenancetool as it can prevent the new hybrid pack from prematurely deteriorating andbecoming imbalanced. Those who have chosen to replace their IMA batteryhave benefitted from the use of our systems to virtually eliminate theimbalance problem helps contribute to IMA lights and premature batteryfailures.
TheMAXXVOLTSchargingsystem pictured above will include the battery wiring harness for one vehiclemake/model complete with reverse polarity protection, 9 pin male modular 600v prowiring harness from charger to IMA battery, the charger itself with built in cooling fan, the built in volt andamperage meter ( meter supports 0-999ma), 110v power cord to wall outlet,manual override power switch. This model is not programmable. Compatible with Maxx Volts Pro dischargers.
(AFTER CHECK OUT, PLEASE MESSAGE US YOURYEAR/MAKE/MODEL HONDA SO WE CAN BE SURE YOU RECEIVE THE APPROPRIATE WIRINGHARNESS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR VEHICLE.)
