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Subject:Re: Prius question with vanagon content
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:14:35 -0500

Maybe the information is in here:

Hybrid Air Conditioning Systems Overview - OpenSIUC - Southern ...
opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=auto...
by E Talley - 2011
Apr 1, 2011 – Talley, Eugene, "Hybrid Air Conditioning Systems Overview" (2011). Presentations. ... Belt Driven A/C Systems ... “new” Prius is the 2004 MY.

I tried to find it, but didn't have the patience.  There is a photograph of the condenser label, but I could not read it.  I looked at my Prius (2005 model) but the condenser is under the car and I did not crawl under there to look.  Pretty tight fit.  I have to put it on blocks to change the oil.  Next time, I'll look, but that will be a while.

mcneely

---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: 
> I was looking through the Hayne's manual this evening for a parts
> replacement for my wife's 2003 Prius. I noticed when flipping through the
> manual that the 2004-on Prius have electrical AC compressors. Can anyone
> comment on what kind of current it would take to run an AC compressor on
> electricity? One of the big problems with diesel vanagon AC, besides the
> power issue, is the mounting and location of the compressor and a way to
> reliably drive it with a belt. An electrical solution would obviate that.
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Jim

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David McNeely