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Powerwall 3 solar input smells like burning plastic
reported more than once
Symptoms
- A newly installed Powerwall 3 develops a burning-plastic smell that grows stronger after permission to operate
- A thermal camera finds a hot spot around 280°F on the DC input module, and shutting the system down shows the module partly melted
The cause and the fix
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