Hi folks,
My 3 year old Powerwall 2 recently started tripping the battery isolator breaker....mainly when the battery was on charge.
Problem was reported to Tesla and assigned a Tier 2 service ticket.
While waiting for a comeback from Tesla I had a friend who is a PW installer look at the battery. We found the problem straight away after popping the access panel containing the connectors for cabling from The Gateway. The AC connector was a melted mass of plastic and insulation on the wires was also melted.
My tech friend replaced the green coloured connector with Wago connectors and also ran an extra earthwire...the originally fitted earth wasn't of correct gauge.
I contacted the installer of the system and he maintains that overheating of the green coloured connector is a known problem with the connectors originally supplied by Tesla with the Powerwall kit. I didnt bother asking why if he knew about the issue he didn't contact customers like myself to warn of the failure of the connector.
Has anyone else had this issue and is the failure of the green coloured connectors a known issue?
Cheers and thanks in advance
My 3 year old Powerwall 2 recently started tripping the battery isolator breaker....mainly when the battery was on charge.
Problem was reported to Tesla and assigned a Tier 2 service ticket.
While waiting for a comeback from Tesla I had a friend who is a PW installer look at the battery. We found the problem straight away after popping the access panel containing the connectors for cabling from The Gateway. The AC connector was a melted mass of plastic and insulation on the wires was also melted.
My tech friend replaced the green coloured connector with Wago connectors and also ran an extra earthwire...the originally fitted earth wasn't of correct gauge.
I contacted the installer of the system and he maintains that overheating of the green coloured connector is a known problem with the connectors originally supplied by Tesla with the Powerwall kit. I didnt bother asking why if he knew about the issue he didn't contact customers like myself to warn of the failure of the connector.
Has anyone else had this issue and is the failure of the green coloured connectors a known issue?
Cheers and thanks in advance