Hi all. Looking for advice from others who might have experienced this. This is my 3rd summer with the car and we've just had a week of 110+ degree weather with lows in the upper 80s.
My roadster is obviously hot. It sits in a garage with no air conditioning. I noticed about 5 days ago the car wouldn't charge: The battery needed cooling. Fair enough. This is when the error began appearing. I leave the car plugged in overnight and nothing changes. Then a full 24 hours. The battery at this point claims to be 40-50% cooled.
I then drove the car this morning at 6am when it was 82 degrees out in hopes to get some cooler air rushing through the car. The PEM is reading 45C and the motor reading 60C. I couldn't bring either of these down. I pull into the garage and plug in again. This time the car reads 99% cooled. But it won't reach 100%. Most interestingly, when I go to plug in the charger, the fans on the car stop as soon as the error appears and the charger is locked in. This feels counterproductive to me but maybe the car knows better than I do.
I called Gruber, he says to place a bag of ice on the coolant reservoir. And to try and find a way to cool the garage which I'll be doing this week. I started with bags of ice a couple hours ago and I'm hoping for the best. The battery is at 40% charge.
Has anybody here run into this issue, specifically with R80 packs? I thought R80s were harder to overheat but I'm most likely crazy and misheard!
My roadster is obviously hot. It sits in a garage with no air conditioning. I noticed about 5 days ago the car wouldn't charge: The battery needed cooling. Fair enough. This is when the error began appearing. I leave the car plugged in overnight and nothing changes. Then a full 24 hours. The battery at this point claims to be 40-50% cooled.
I then drove the car this morning at 6am when it was 82 degrees out in hopes to get some cooler air rushing through the car. The PEM is reading 45C and the motor reading 60C. I couldn't bring either of these down. I pull into the garage and plug in again. This time the car reads 99% cooled. But it won't reach 100%. Most interestingly, when I go to plug in the charger, the fans on the car stop as soon as the error appears and the charger is locked in. This feels counterproductive to me but maybe the car knows better than I do.
I called Gruber, he says to place a bag of ice on the coolant reservoir. And to try and find a way to cool the garage which I'll be doing this week. I started with bags of ice a couple hours ago and I'm hoping for the best. The battery is at 40% charge.
Has anybody here run into this issue, specifically with R80 packs? I thought R80s were harder to overheat but I'm most likely crazy and misheard!