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Charging problems with an older HPC and a newer 2.5 Roadster

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Sparrow

S105/ Roadster 189
Dec 14, 2010
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Marietta, GA
I have been charging my 1.5 Roadster (number 189) with an older HPC model 06-001919-00. I've had no problems charging my car. Today I invited another Roadster owner with a 2.5 version car to use my HPC since I have 70 amp cabilities with it, but everytime we try starting a charge on his car it trips the GFI on the side of the HPC and shows red lights on both the car' charge port and the HPC and an error message on the screen in the Roadster saying there is a charger failure. We've tried starting the charging at various other charging rates besides 70 amps with the same issues. Anyone have some insights on this problem. To be clear the HPC still works just fine on my 1.5 version car and Richard has used other HPCs before without issue.
 
Looking for more information - How long ago did Richard use the other HPCs? Have you tried charging with another device such as a UMC or SMC? Have you tried a local J1772 station? How many volts does it show on his VDS?
 
2.x Roadsters have an issue where they can trip a ground fault because of a small, brief current imbalance at the start of charging. Some 2.x Roadsters have more of a problem than others. Some charging stations are more fussy about this than others.

Chad's 2.0 Roadster wouldn't charge from any ChargePoint stations even though other 2.0 Roadsters could. He had to make a big stink about it, but Tesla did finally replace his PEM to fix the problem.

1.5 Roadsters have a much smaller issue. I was able to charge from a SemaConnect station in Santa Rosa even though those stations are very sensitive and we have multiple reports of 2.x Roadsters not charging.

So the problem that started this thread could be an especially leaky 2.5 Roadster or an especially touchy HPC.
 
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Most problems that I have had with my HPC have come by way of our utility from a cogeneration plant. (which from what I'm told will be fixed with a line conditioner within the next two weeks.) One of the ChargePoint stations that I have charged at is pretty touchy and for the longest time until having my PEM removed to clean it. After which it charges just fine off of that ChargePoint.
 
2.x Roadsters have an issue where they can trip a ground fault because of a small, brief current imbalance at the start of charging. Some 2.x Roadsters have more of a problem that others. Some charging stations are more fussy about this than others.

Chad's 2.0 Roadster wouldn't charge from any ChargePoint stations even though other 2.0 Roadsters could. He had to make a big stink about it, but Tesla did finally replace his PEM to fix the problem.

1.5 Roadsters have a much smaller issue. I was able to charge from a SemaConnect station in Santa Rosa even though those stations are very sensitive and we have multiple reports of 2.x Roadsters not charging.

So the problem that started this thread could be an especially leaky 2.5 Roadster or an especially touchy HPC.

I have had the same problem with a Semaconnect (Daly City) and one of my 2.5 Roadsters....It took about 7 tries to finally get the Semaconnect at a Walgreens to work. My 2.0 worked fine with this station, (haven't checked the other 2.5 but I am thinking it will have problems).
 
I have a 1.5 Roadster and one of the old-style HPCs. I've been charging for 3.5 years without any problems, but a few weeks ago the GFI tripped. I noticed it when I set the car to charge at 2AM after manually stopping a charge, but the car did not charge. After I figured out the problem, I reset the GFI and did not have trouble after that.