UPDATE: on usage. We noticed the DC-DC converter was not shutting down as expected when the car was turned off. Best current guess as to failure mode: DC-DC would turn on as soon as the voltage was high enough to activate it. That would occur as the pre-charge circuit on the main pack was engaging. We were counting on this pre-charge slow activation to shield the DC-DC from a voltage spike, but in doing so, the current draw on the pre-charge circuit before the main contactors closed caused the main contactors to wield closed. While trying to diagnosis the issue the main disable was pulled leaving 380Vdc across its contacts. The system did shutdown. A solution has not been determined yet beyond the need for another pre-charge circuit, and/or control of the DC-DC on/off internally. New main contactors have been ordered.
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