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If the fans are on the louvers should open. Normally they would while supercharging at that temp.
Thanks.
When the outside temperature is 80F or warmer it starts at 118 kW and quickly drops to 60-66kW. It stays there until normal tapering. Moving stalls doesn't make it better. This is pretty much every supercharge in daytime (hot). I watched the last few times and didn't see them open at all.
I've traveled the same superchargers a lot and know which ones to avoid.
The front louvers do not always open when the condenser fans are turned on.
From the "Theory of Operation Guides" section of the 2012-2016 Tesla service manual:
"Two sets of louvers are fitted to Model S. The front louvers are visible from the front of the car, and the rear louvers are positioned in the ducts between the radiator and the condensers. The rear louvers are referred to as throat louvers."...
The important takeaway here is that the (visible) louvers do not always open when supercharging, by design.
Buster1, thanks for that link, those are cool diagrams. But why do you say the louvers don’t appear to tie in? Aren’t the front/center louvers tied directly to the red line? And the side louvers tied to the blue line?Based on the engineering and diagnostics schematics, I still believe the louvers only play a part in the cabin air conditioning system. They don’t appear to tie into the heating/cooling system (series or parallel) for the drivetrain/battery.
Tesla Thermal Management System - explanation
What year is your car, and/or what year do these schematics apply to? I am being shown pictures of broken louvers on my car in the front center, not to be confused with the lower front side louvers. I am now wondering if the “Louver retrofit” discussed above (by owners of early VIN cars like mine) may actually be eliminating the front/center louvers on my car?The front radiator is for red line (battery system). There are no louvers for the front radiator. The blue line is HVAC and side louvers.