Grizzl-E dead :(

[smoke20]

I would love to see inside the unit. I'm curious about the contactor; I'm serious. Every time my ClipperCreek energizes I wonder about the 'thunk' of the contactor.

By the way, I will mention that local surge protection is ideal for protecting electronics. Whole house systems certainly clamp impulses coming from the grid, but the majority of the impulses in your home originate internally from other inductive devices inside the home...after the whole house protector has seen the sine wave. Motor driven devices create these impulses when they are switched off....HVAC system...vacuum cleaner...fans....exhaust hood in kitchen...etc. These impulses may not be 'large', but they have the ability to cause 'death by paper cut'. Placing the protector on the actual target appliances offers optimal protection from all impulses. Below is an image of a 230V TPMOV surge protector borrowed from the HVAC industry (typically installed on outdoor heat pumps and AC condensers).

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[Logal727]

Then they get it back and say "well, since you opened it..."

The Grizzl-E should be ok cause you gotta take off the front to change dip switches for breaker size

 

[Murse-In-Airy]

Then they get it back and say "well, since you opened it..."

Nah. Grizzl-E is meant to be opened. They put the dip switches for adjusting voltage in there. In fact when I had my problem they did ask for photos of the insides of both of mine for comparison.

 

[AZBill]

Interestingly, my oldest ChargePoint charger failed yesterday, and it is out of the 3 year warranty, I think it is actually 6 years old now. It tripped the breaker a couple of weeks ago, then did it again yesterday. This time it would not power back on at all.

I ordered an Autel unit to replace it, they are cheaper than the CP and have the same features. I was thinking about a Grizzl-E, but they only go up to 40A.

 

[txaggies07]

I had a Grizzl-E that never functioned right and they replaced it pretty quickly when I contacted them. They asked for the same info (made sense with the error I was having though). They had the new one shipped out within a few days. While annoying to have to video and send a pic of the serial, in the end it wasn't that much of a pain and they followed through quickly.

 

[azerik]

I'm more annoyed they want me to send a video of it doing nothing, pain in the ass since I already took it off the wall and this shit is unwieldy to put back up and plug in in my garage...

Take the video with it sitting on the ground. Unwired will do the same as it currently wired.. They might be looking for LED flashings.

 

[Scooby24]

Another one bites the dust. Keep seeing these grizzl-e chargers failing. I ruled them out when I was searching 2 years ago because they were problematic then and still seem to be now.

 

[Shayne]

Another one bites the dust. Keep seeing these grizzl-e chargers failing. I ruled them out when I was searching 2 years ago because they were problematic then and still seem to be now.

Two years and the grizzl-e extreme has been flawless. When you start to buy expensive electronics whole house surge protection is cheap and easy to install. Then isolated automatic voltage regulation for the really expensive stuff and so on. Beats things getting fried with surges and brown outs.

 

[mccdeuce]

Another one bites the dust. Keep seeing these grizzl-e chargers failing. I ruled them out when I was searching 2 years ago because they were problematic then and still seem to be now.

I have been using a grizzl-e DUO to charge 2 EVs flawlessly for over a year. Probably 30k miles of energy between the 2 cars.

Box was opened, one cable was removed and then run through a hole in the wall and replaced. One cable in the garage and one outside.

@Logal727 - I would appreciate pictures of the inside. Specifically of the connection to the board on the in lines.

 

[sukhoi_584th]

I would love to see inside the unit. I'm curious about the contactor; I'm serious. Every time my ClipperCreek energizes I wonder about the 'thunk' of the contactor.

By the way, I will mention that local surge protection is ideal for protecting electronics. Whole house systems certainly clamp impulses coming from the grid, but the majority of the impulses in your home originate internally from other inductive devices inside the home...after the whole house protector has seen the sine wave. Motor driven devices create these impulses when they are switched off....HVAC system...vacuum cleaner...fans....exhaust hood in kitchen...etc. These impulses may not be 'large', but they have the ability to cause 'death by paper cut'. Placing the protector on the actual target appliances offers optimal protection from all impulses. Below is an image of a 230V TPMOV surge protector borrowed from the HVAC industry (typically installed on outdoor heat pumps and AC condensers).

How does that install work? Can you do that by wiring one of the whole-house units that says to install directly on a 20 A breaker, in parallel at the equipment of concern?

 

[kennethjk]

Waiting for my 3rd Juicebox

1st one was overheating, plug was at 133 degrees
2nd one just turns off every now and then

each time I have to give a $200 deposit so they will send one first before I return the damaged unit. The replacement is refurbished not new. I had to call to remind them to refund my $200 deposit. Why I had to call first before I got the refund they couldn’t answer.

one more problem and I am done with them, their app sucks and getting tired of defective chargers.

the Autel I use at my other house has been great.

 

[67 Stang Convertible]

My Juicebox has been "almost" flawless since in operation (July 2021). Bought in Dec. 2020 to get the 30% tax credit from the feds.......One day about a year ago it was giving off an error code; so I called in and the young girl who answered had me give it the "Fonzi" method. A few hard hits with the heel of my hand on the side of the charger. To my disbelief it worked and has been flawless ever since.

Of course I had to ask her if she knew why they called it the "Fonzi" method, and she was unaware. I did explain that to her but I got the feeling she was thinking "go away old man" ?

 

[Shayne]

Waiting for my 3rd Juicebox

1st one was overheating, plug was at 133 degrees
2nd one just turns off every now and then

each time I have to give a $200 deposit so they will send one first before I return the damaged unit. The replacement is refurbished not new. I had to call to remind them to refund my $200 deposit. Why I had to call first before I got the refund they couldn’t answer.

one more problem and I am done with them, their app sucks and getting tired of defective chargers.

the Autel I use at my other house has been great.

The joy of electronics. Not all the same components are the same. We are the QA for most manufacturers now a days. Ship them out and if a few are defective we should hear back about them. I would buy 4 intel CPU's for builds and one or two would be duds. This is happening with this vehicle also as some people have a major problem that others never experience. Receiving refurbished with the QA I just noted can provide a couple that frustrate. Hope you get the right juice eventually.

 

[SWO]

Anecdotally it seems as if the Grizzl-E has a lot of reliability issues. If so, that's a shame because I like the construction.

 

[Shayne]

Anecdotally it seems as if the Grizzl-E has a lot of reliability issues. If so, that's a shame because I like the construction.

Have no idea as mine works. It could be the number that are out there screw up what you seem to see? Appears to me Ford has a lot of reliability issues but then again I have no numerical facts on that.

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