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17 thoughts on “Tesla’s gen 2 mobile connector teardown”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars cesar moreno says:

    Does the charger circuit have DIODES in the module that you took apart ? or are there diodes at the input of the ACTUAL CAR input ? thanks

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars George Smart, M1GEO says:

    The other two cables are DC power for the button. The button transmits to the car wirelesly (with Si4010 IC) on 433 MHz (EU) or 315 MHz (USA).

    There's 3 power cables, 1 pilot, 1 control, and 2 for the wireless transmitter.

    The extra wires on the relay are a current sensor per side and an output to confirm it works.

    The thing you call a current sensor is actually the sensor for the GFCI/RCD.

    Hope that helps.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars TESLA ALPES says:

    Great tear down. From your experience, any idea about the state of affair regarding RCD in the UMC? User manual writes it detects current leak, then what happen? Does it cut power? Is there type A 30mA protection?
    Thanks!

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tony Stark says:

    Do you know or can recommend anyone who can replace an EMMC chip on a Tesla? Thanks!

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars you and me says:

    Are you kidding me..what u couldn't afford a tripod..what garbage video..

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Vinícius Ortega Calvo says:

    Speak in Brasil portuguese, sir, come on

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Screw The Net says:

    As a man thats simply liked taking things apart and playing with wires and parts since I wasa young child, I can just zone out on this techporn. 😛

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars chen kenjisaki says:

    Wow….. I don't see transformers

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars wd9dau says:

    Number 12 has a capacity of 20 amps.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars nowanda2nd says:

    There are two relays because each of the two live wires can electrocute the user before the charger is plugged into the car. The current sensor on the relays is a current transformer since it measures AC current, and not a hall effect sensor. Hall effect sensors are used for DC current.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars TechEV says:

    Did you happen to tear open the button in the handle as well? I'm curious if they've improved the design from the first version in 2018. See my similar teardown video where water got in.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars pulesjet says:

    Working at a Wire Harness factory I've done Utra Sonic welds like that. THEY SUCK. They may appear to have completed the process but the components are not in fact WELDED to each other sufficiently. The bonded points of contact did not fuse deep enough . Visually it's hard to determine . .

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars pulesjet says:

    Yuppie Appealing Form Factor.

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars pulesjet says:

    I was just wondering were you was last night.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James Turner says:

    240V x 35A= 8.4kw Tesla charger? That's sad af. Ssssssad.

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kaykin Innovation says:

    Neat tear down! Fun fact the current sense transformer is wrapped around both legs of the power, it is not necessarily measuring the current being consumed by the car but is there to sense ground faults. There will be a voltage created by the transformer only if there is a current leak to ground or some other path, this voltage would be sensed by the electronics and in turn break the connection through the relay. Keeps you from getting electrocuted.

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bill Gardner says:

    So what failed?

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