Ok, Let me absorb this a bit.
With this info, I would not try and run the car again.
Stand by for further instructions.
How long was your gem parked at the bottom.of a lake brah?
Seriously. I’ve seen gulf coast flood recovery ones with better looking parts
Aloha all,
Thank you all for all your help and advise this far…
A little update on this….
I was able to get the motor rebuilt and it works great!…….I was able to test rebuilt motor with bypassing interlock….
My delta a charger was not working/charging, but the dc converter side of it still worked for all my accessories……
I assumed the issue with the interlock was all in the Delta Q charger, so I sent it off to FSIP to have it remanufactured…
Got it back and reinstalled it.
Turned the key on and I got the same “charging” screen on the display without the charger being plugged in……
I had recently charged all batteries independently to full with my 12v smart charger, but decided to charge the car fully again with the Delta Q to see if that would make any difference, but it didn’t.
Car works fine when I bypass the interlock by supplying battery pack voltage to interlock wire on car…
Any ideas as to what could be the issue with the interlock?……
Should I be getting battery pack voltage from the green interlock wire coming from the Delta Q when it’s not plugged in?
As always… thank you all for your help!!
I went back and looked at my photos of display prior to sending Delta Q in for repairs and ones I took after I reinstalled, and noticed a change from displaying “00” to now showing “99”….
Tried searching topics for an error code 99 and didn’t find anything.
Also search the e-series repair manual for an error code 99 and couldn’t find anything….
Does anyone know what this code is?
Sure its not just the SOC needs to be reset?
That is not an error code. (Note that there is no wrench illuminated).
Also note that the charge icon is lit up. This hints that the car is plugged in and charging?
When it is in this mode, the number displays a battery status. 99 is telling you that it is full.
AssyRequired…This is happening when the car is unplugged.
I installed the Delta Q, tested battery pack voltage, then turned on the main breaker, and the display shows the display like it is plugged in.
After seeing this, I wondered if the charger needed to be plugged in so it could run through a cycle…… So I plugged it in and let it charge the batteries to where the green light on the charger came on.
I unplugged the charger, and had the same result with the display still showing that is plugged in.
I then bypassed the interlock to see if I could run the car, and it worked fine…… display and all functions seem to be working as they should be.
I decided to take the car for a test drive, ran it for about 3-4 miles, and it ran great!!
I noticed the SOC bar on the display went down 1 bar in that distance.
Ok, so you can use the green wire (car harness) to bypass the interlock.
But do you have it going to the green wire coming from the charger? That is where it normally lives.
If yes- Verify that the green wire coming from the charger has B+ on it when charger is unplugged.
Yes, To bypass interlock I have put a wire from green wire on harness ( unplugged connection to charger) to battery + terminal on PSDM.
I did check harness green wire, from connection point to charger green, to PSDM for continuity and it was good.
I did test for battery pack voltage on green wire from Delta Q ( Delta Q green wire, to battery pack Neg - on PSDM, also to frame ground) after unplugging it and I had “nothing”… millivolts.
For some reason the interlock connection seems to be blown(or never fixed?). If you have time, you might want to check with FSIP on this. Possibly send it back? For now you will have to manually connect/disconnect your Interlock wire as you were doing before.
Just for future reference, Note that there are two electrical systems on this car. When measureing for B+, Your reference should always be the closest source for B-. (NOT the same as chassis Gnd).
When measuring for 12vdc, you can use Chass Gnd. NOT a random battery in the pack.
These two electrical systems are isolated from each other. If you are unsure of what wire you are measuring and you pick the wrong reference, you will probably get a weird result. (try using a different reference.
AssyRequired - Thanks for all your help!!
I will call FSIP Monday morning.