When I plugged in my Vectrix tonight the charger was acting up, check out the short video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI0rG9nGNvQ
Has anyone else seen this?
I unplugged and plugged back in and it seemed to reset and start charging normally. Hopefully it was a one-time glitch.
Meanwhile I sent the video to Dana DeCosta to see what he thinks.
I've seen a video of this kind of charging here before. I think it was in the thread about that green rally in Spain.
I think 'R' posted it.
That video and behaviour was quite different. It was due to low voltage on the supply line because of excessive current draw by too many EV's sucking amps at the same time.
This one is different.
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Mik is right, my problem was different.
Seems a Firmware/computer bug, as after replugin it did charge ok.
I cant tell from the video, but was the charger in delay mode? There is (was) a SW glitch that when you were in delay mode (turned the key off with the brake lever pulled) the MC and charger would duke it out over who would drive the display. Can you give a little more detail on the conditions..was key on, kill switch position etc?
I don't think I had put it in the delayed charging mode, but it appears to have been an isolated incident -- I haven't seen it happen again.