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312, 2019

November – December Blog 2019

By Craig Van Batenburg|2019-12-03T16:16:05-05:00December 3rd, 2019|

As the year winds down, ACDC hopes that it was a year worth living. The classes we hold are small so Deb van Batenburg and I get to know many [...]

110, 2019

October Blog 2019 … Wisdom

By Craig Van Batenburg|2019-10-01T11:16:13-04:00October 1st, 2019|

Sometimes we all need some wisdom, like this quote below. People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, [...]

1909, 2019

September 2019 Blog …. American Prius Cold Start HC System

By Craig Van Batenburg|2019-09-19T13:10:46-04:00September 19th, 2019|

One unusual system that the 2004 – 2009 Prius hybrids have is a heat recovery system. Another way to recapture wasted energy is to keep some hot coolant ready. To [...]

808, 2019

August 2019 .. Missing Lead Acid 12 Volt Battery in Hyundai Ionic

By Craig Van Batenburg|2019-08-08T13:43:00-04:00August 8th, 2019|

The Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid uses a 12 volt lithium-ion battery instead of a 12 volt lead-acid battery. It has a “fail safe” feature in case it is low on charge. [...]

1707, 2019

July Blog “Autonomous Cars and Wheel Chairs”

By Craig Van Batenburg|2019-07-17T13:14:37-04:00July 17th, 2019|

When Deb and I got married, almost 30 years ago, we wanted to find a Church we both could attend without compromising who we were then. Deb was Catholic and [...]

3004, 2019

May / June 2019 Blog …Tesla, Right to Repair and Elon Musk

By Craig Van Batenburg|2019-04-30T20:54:24-04:00April 30th, 2019|

In the fall of 2012 a referendum known as “Right to Repair” passed in Massachusetts. It is the only state (still is as of May 2019) where an independent shop [...]

3003, 2019

April 2019 Blog …. A Scary Story about a Visit to a Repair Shop

By Craig Van Batenburg|2019-03-30T11:52:06-04:00March 30th, 2019|

Gen II Prius HV pack Before too long someone is going to get hurt. It is just a matter of time. I was visiting a very large [...]

103, 2019

Feb – March 2019 .. The New Honda Insight

By Craig Van Batenburg|2019-03-01T10:20:05-05:00March 1st, 2019|

Honda introduced the first modern hybrid to America, but not the world. That honor goes to the Toyota Prius. In December of 1999 a weird little 2 passenger car with [...]

301, 2019

January 2019 Blog … What is meant by Level I, Level II and Level III charging?

By Craig Van Batenburg|2019-01-03T16:20:12-05:00January 3rd, 2019|

How do I test for communication with a EV and the charger? Level I This is a Single Phase Alternating Current (AC) EVSE device using grounded receptacles at [...]

1812, 2018

Oct – Nov – Dec 2019 … What’s in their trunk may tell you a lot

By Craig Van Batenburg|2018-12-18T21:58:50-05:00December 18th, 2018|

If you've been running a shop any length of time, I'm sure you run into the “trunk full of things” when you want to “just do the right thing” and [...]

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