Interesting. I may hardly ever Super-charge, but I am working on a
prototype DC charger so this would be interesting for that purpose as
well, even though I am strongly considering to sell my S this summer
because the car is too large to fit comfortably in my garage and I
have no street parking, so I rather go back to alternating between the
electric S10 (with dual Leaf pack) and the 2012 Leaf with 62kWh
pack...
The latter also being a big drive to get DC charging (3kW OBC = 20
hours charge time, ugh)
What is involved in restoring factory config? VIN?
Cor.
On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 9:36 PM (-Phil-) wrote:
>
> The car controls the supercharger. When Tesla disables it on a car they
> connect to your car over the cell network and remove the option for the car's
> config that lives in the gateway. They obviously didn't have your permission
> to do this, so they are technically breaking the law.
>
> It would be fine if they wanted to block it at the supercharger, but that's
> not how they implemented it.
>
> All I do is restore the factory configuration, and the car will supercharge
> again. I've done literally thousands of cars all over the world, and as far
> as I've heard they are all still working.
>
> No, sadly you can't use Falcon's bundle of wires on your older S. That's
> only for Model 3/Y from 2017 to 2021 to retrofit the newer 2021+ charge port
> ECU with the PLC modem that supports CCS. You would be able to use the
> CHAdeMO adapter or a 3rd party CCS adapter (junk) if you wanted to after we
> restored DCFC.
>
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 8:30 PM Cor van de Water
> wrote:
>>
>> Interesting.
>> I deliberately retained the original computers, to facilitate upgrades ;)
>> Would the Supercharging network not reject my car, or are you talking about
>> re-enabling the public DCFC on it?
>> I believe a former colleague of mine "Falcon" is selling a bundle of wires
>> to assist with this as well ;)
>> What is it you are offering exactly?
>> BTW, removed EVDL in case you don't want this all over the list, feel free
>> to re-add.
>> Cor
>> Sunnyvale
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 7:58 PM (-Phil-) wrote:
>>>
>>> I can probably restore supercharging on that Model S. It originally came
>>> with unlimited supercharging, so that would be a great enhancement to its
>>> value.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 6:57 PM Cor van de Water via EV
>>> wrote:
Paul wrote: "I suspect you got your vehicle way below market value."
Not sure - it was listed on Craigslist (I always buy private) so
anyone was able to make an offer, mine was just the first to be
accepted, so I think it was market value.
But then - what is market value for a 2013 S85 w dual charger
(original $94k) that is now salvage, has lost Supercharging, has a bad
battery (only bottom 15% available, range indication 37mi) needs work
on 3 door handles, has a shattered left rear quarter window, loose
front bumper cover, cosmetic damage to right rear fender, rear bumper
and hatch? 120k mi. Tell me your estimation and I will tell you if I
paid that or it was under market value. I spent $200 and many hours on
replacing a battery module (bought a 2013 module for $1k and sold the
*Tesla refurbished but unbalanced* 2012 module for $800; replaced the
module myself), bought and replaced the window (ignoring the cost for
a tube of goop), bought 3 stainless steel gears for the failing door
handle presenters and bolted down the front bumper cover. The cosmetic
damage is still there, but I now have a 230mi salvage but wonderfully
driving vehicle, still with cosmetic damage and only capable of
charging at max 20kW (240V 80A AC) so normally only 11.5kW (48A).
Though I will likely sell it this summer as I have too many EVs
Cor.
On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 3:52 PM paul dove via EV wrote:
>
> Yes, that would be if you exclusively charged at superchargers.
> I have never done that I would guess most people charge at home because
> of convenience.
> My supercharging is less that 20% of my charging.
> I suspect you got your vehicle way below market value.
> On Monday, April 24, 2023 at 03:45:32 PM CDT, Cor van de Water via
> EV wrote:
>
> In my PG&E service area, once you are over baseline consumption the
> minimum charge is $0.35 per kWh. So for me that charge would be well
> over a grand per year.
> My 2013 S used to have unlimited free supercharging, but the previous
> owner had a fender bender on the right rear quarter panel and as
> result, Tesla disabled all DC Fast Charging.
> This means that even the CHAdeMO converter that was bought for the car
> is now useless.
> Luckily I am an experienced EV'er so I always plan ahead and almost
> never need public charging anyway, but last year the wife and I were
> planning a 350 mi one way tri
