Power Conversion System (PCS) failure

[Birdman325]

Wait until the second module fails then get all three replaced at once, and only have to pay for labor that one time.

That is exactly what I was thinking! Thx. Even the labour is incrementally more it won’t be 3x.

 

[MP3Mike]

Wait until the second module fails then get all three replaced at once, and only have to pay for labor that one time.

That is exactly what I was thinking! Thx. Even the labour is incrementally more it won’t be 3x.

All three modules are part of the single PCS module. So if you get one replaced, you are replacing all three.

 

[miimura]

When is someone going to figure out how to do board level repair on these? Sure, it's kind of a lot of labor to remove, repair and replace, but are we really going to e-waste these huge boards for ever?

 

[MP3Mike]

but are we really going to e-waste these huge boards for ever?

What makes you think that Tesla doesn't repair them?

 

[miimura]

What makes you think that Tesla doesn't repair them?

Because you can't buy a refurbished one. That and because people have seen techs literally throw them in a bin.

Edit: I would love to be proved wrong, but I've never seen any evidence of Tesla repairing them.

 

[MP3Mike]

Because you can't buy a refurbished one.

They may use them in refurbished packs.

I would think that the only way they would send them to be recycled would be if they couldn't be reasonably repaired. (Maybe the new version is significantly different.)

 

[miimura]

They may use them in refurbished packs.

I would think that the only way they would send them to be recycled would be if they couldn't be reasonably repaired. (Maybe the new version is significantly different.)

I would hope that the failure rate is not so high that a pack that happens to need to be refurbished doesn't already have a good PCS.