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The AI got him back into his own EV charger and saved about $800

The company that made his home EV charger had gone out of business and none of the default admin passwords worked. After one model refused to help, a long session with another got him into the charger admin console without a password. Replacing the hard wired charger and paying an electrician would have cost him hundreds of dollars, about $800 by his count.

$800

How it works

  1. Try default passwords
  2. One model refuses
  3. Longer session with Opus 4.8
  4. Access to the admin console restored
  5. Charger kept in service

Why it’s worth knowing

The owner recovered his own hardware after the vendor disappeared, a case where there was no support desk left to call.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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