Troubleshooting
If the charging session does not start or the charge post indicates an error in the touch screen or light bars, there are possible causes as follows:
Fault | Cause | Remedy |
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Touch screen of the charge post is black and is not activated | No power | Take a note of the Charge post ID. For example, S3 and open charger cabinet and find out if appropriate power module or any power module is indicating red. |
Charge post is defective | Contact service partner or proceed to instructed field service activity. | |
Charging session does not start | Charging plug is not plugged correctly | Remove the plug and plug it in again. |
Starting of charging instructions are not done properly | Follow the steps 3 – 8 on instruction | |
Charging plug is wet or dirty or damaged by the mechanical locking section of the plug | Clean the plug and proceed to instructed field service activity on broken plug replacement | |
The machine timer prevents charging | Check machine settings | |
Charging plug is overheated | Long charging session can build up heat to plug on a warm day. Wait for a while. | |
Machine is not fully charged or session takes extensive time | Reduction of charging current | When the ambient temperature is nominal, the charger cabinet charging current can be reduced to keep the power modules from overheating. NOTEIf frequent, contact service partner or proceed to instructed field service activity of air filter and cooling airways inspection and charger cabinet power module settings with a laptop or chargEye connected service dashboard |
Charging plug is locked to the machine socket | Charging session is not ended by the machine, plug is always locked during charging session | End the charging session according to machine operating manual. In some of the machines, pressing start button for several seconds can open the locking. |
Charge post cable handling causes more stress to plug keeping mechanical locking | Support the cable slightly to relieve pressure on the plug. Stop session again. | |
Status light bars indicate red and top menu of the touch screen indicates red | Error code on the charge post touch screen E01 – E99 | Error situations need to be acknowledged by unplugging the battery. Write down the error codes for future reference. Ask supplier for error code list. NOTEFor more details on error codes, refer to Appendix Error codes. NOTEContact service partner or proceed to instructed field service activity of charger cabinet power module settings with a laptop or chargEye connected service dashboard |
charger cabinet power module indicates red | NOTEContact service partner or proceed to instructed field service activity of charger cabinet power module settings with a laptop or chargEye connected service dashboard |