24/10/2026
Jaguar Ipace had a little breakdown 🛠️
First no wall box charging was going on ⚡ because EVs use a lock pin so you can't pull the cable out. Because apart from a comic book character, who really wants to be flailing 430v cables around 🤷 so I changed the locking motor out. Of course being JLR it was half the car apart......
Not only but also; it wasn't charging it's 12v battery 🔋 even though it carries 400v, it needs a 12v battery to engage all those volts ⚡ and the DTCs showed a fault with the DC-DC converter. Basically an alternator for an EV. I tested the wiring connections to it, pretty simple live earth and CANBUS. With those giving a positive result we moved to changing the unit itself, which is in a jaguar electric sandwich.
All done and road-tested, wall box charged 🔌 and returned to the customer 🚗✅