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Comment on Review: AeroVironment TurboCord Dual 120/240V Level 1/2 charger is a perfect EV companion by Danger Dan
Danger Dan
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Not happy with Aerovironment or their 240V turbocord!!!
Got a second hand unit a couple of months ago (to go with my shiny new kinetic blue Gen 2 Volt!!!), charger worked until a couple of days ago.
Came home to find my charger no longer had any lights on (not blue nor fault-indicating red) and was concerningly hot.
Not (yet) dripping flaming plastic hot but yeah, toasty.
It’s now dead dead dead,
I guess some component shorted.
Apparently it turns out to have been a demo only unit, so they won’t honor the warranty.
That’s weird, not sure if the original owner knew either, but okay fine – fml.
Also found out it’s four months after the warranty would have expired (as they pointed out as a rationale in disowning the charger).
So I guess I was always screwed, but just be aware that after three years they will absolutely wash their hands of their product.
No help from them, and not a hint of interest in a potentially dangerous failure mode.
If I were them I would at least be asking for the return of the unit to debug what component shorted out and do a risk assessment on it.
I sure won’t be replacing it with another one.