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merien_nl t1_j6j3ntn wrote

Rivian is pointing the finger at EA. Shouldn't the car also be protected? Shouldn't it monitor the input and shut of charging if it was out of spec?

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mysticalfruit t1_j6kwwk1 wrote

The problem is one of speed. We had a 110A circuit ground fault for ~2ms before the circuit breaker snapped open and in that amount of time it was able to complete chew a hole in a copper pipe large enough to stick your pinky in.

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