I guess as long as you submitted, legal got the necessary confirmation and CYA should there be damage. Legal would not on anyone's back to rush the payments, as they are not necessary for this, right?
PS: The good news is that sooner or later we'll all get the dough. If they wait too long it will come with interest too.
If the “cheap outlets” are the real issue, then why aren’t other brands’ chargers creating the same hazardous issue?
Number of posts in here from owners who had no problems with Porsche chargers until a year had passed. Also posts in here documenting with temp meters source of overheating was Porsche charger cables, not the outlets. Good luck with your setup.
I purchased recently enough that there was lots of information, including Porsche's official recommendation on wiring and receptacle. I never had an issue with charging but, in an abundance of caution, I did derate my PMCC to 30A and eventually switched over to the Grizzl-E with the most recent recall.
I’m likely wrong about the outlet being the only culprit. It is possible that batches of the third party sourced pigtail are, or become defective. This is especially believable at the plug area where I can envision plug and unplug stress could weaken a badly designed crimp inside the molded plastic. I saw one post, however, with temp measurements of the plug, cable, and box, that were all way hotter than mine ever got at 40A. Not sure how that could happen to all three at the same time.
Oh jeez, look at the internet. Tesla owners reported cheap melted 14-50 outlets long before Porsche Taycan was even a prototype. Many other EVSE brands also melt and burn. Here is a 2016 post. This is not news. Probably fewer with Porsche than Tesla EVSE. But I am leaning to believe the Porsche pigtails can be defective also.
There’s certainly a legal hand in the process. My check came via FedEx overnight with a signature required. Overkill unless you’re a lawyer.
So you think they got $600 per supplied EVSE, but then had used up part of the money on management and distribution costs, causing them to run out? Or do you think they got less money from the supplier because they thought a large portion people who buy Porsches would not care about $600 enough to go through the process to claim it?
Porsche’s equipment is the issue here. Essentially, every Porsche charger has the overheating issue with the cable. You’ve pointed out exceptions elsewhere to prove the rule, but that’s not how it works.
No, my thinking was that they have effectively bankrupted the supplier and they don't have any more liquidity.
Outlets can melt due to bad/loose connections etc - you can find ovens/stoves/dryers melting plugs too. However, the issue with Porsche EVSE is that they heat up the NEMA 14-50 plug to high temperatures, which are within spec for industrial NEMA14-50 outlets but not for residential ones, especially with high ambient temperatures (think hot summer day in the garage). Tesla Mobile Connector uses large wires which generate much less heat in the plug for the same 40A current. Furthermore, Tesla Mobile Connectors also have a temperature sensor in the plug, to detect overheating sockets - something that Porsche has only added in this recall.
