Hello All,

I am new at the forum and don't speak Norwegian, but because I'm Dutch I understand it a little (because of the similarities between the languages). So please respond in English!

A week ago my Th!nk (2012 model, ZEBRA battery) does not charge anymore and it seems to be the same problem as posted on your forum before by Jens:

http://elbilforum.no/forum/index.php/topic,14651.0/wap2.html

Could it be the charger is broken or will it be something in the car? The softstarter is changed but this doesn't help...

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Bart

Below a more detailed description of the problem (I put on the American Th!nk forum):

6 Octobre 2014

Hello,




Some days ago my wife put the car on the charger (230V ZEBRA battery). Some days later I noticed that the powerplug outside my house didn't work anymore, but did not pay attention to that too much. Some days later I drove the car and it was at 80% battery life. At 40% I put it on the charger again (now with an extension cord). A couple of times the car started to hum, but not continuesly (so it didn't charge). The charger gave a car link error. I tried it a couple of times again and at one time the safety switch of my house went off (now I made the link with the powerplug outside my house which didn't function any more).




The next day (last monday) I called the Th!nk specialist in my country The Netherlands (Göritzlehner in Hengelo). The mechanist said it would probably (for 80% sure) be the softstarter which did not function any more. He sent it to me and I changed it today (see the picture I posted some hours ago). My charger says there is a car link (blinking green light) but the car does not charge (yet). Should I do some special thing to make it work?




It is getting cold in The Netherlands and the battery is now at 15%, so I probably have only one day left to make it work. Otherwise the ZEBRA battery will start to crystalize.... Before I call Görithslehner next morning I'll ask you guys.




Please help!




Kind regards,





Bart


11 Octobre 2014:

Hello,



Thanks for your suggestions. I'll try them.

After consultation of Gorlitzlehner last Thursday I put the car 48 hours at the charger. Because the battery light is blinking at the dashboard and there is a car link seen at the charger the thought was the battery should warm up first (at that time 15 % left).

Now after 48 hours I see a car link error again. Now 5% power left...

I checked the power consumption of the charger during normal car link. It varies between 60 and 560 kW.

After 15 min this way I hear it trying to charge again (some clicks coming from the car, then a click from the charger). But then the car link fault appears again... 0 kW power consumption...

Could the failing of charging the car also be caused by a broken 12 volt battery? Just wondering...

Thanks in advance.

Bart