HW_BRICK_IMBALANCE_CRITICAL
This alarm is covered by this guide. Applicable alarms (1)
Likely outcomes — click to expand
Based on 0 missions where this alarm fired in the last 90 days as of 2026-10-13
Aggregated from fleet operations and refreshed daily. Individual outcomes may vary by site and configuration.
Applicable to all hardware versions
Background
Section titled “Background”This alarm occurs when the Aircraft battery bricks are severely imbalanced.
Troubleshooting Steps
Section titled “Troubleshooting Steps”graph TD
load-the-failed-mission-and-inspect-the-plot["<small><b>Step 1</b></small><br/>Telemetry: Enter the mission ID from the failed ..."]
was-it-only-a-single-failed-datapoint{"<small><b>Step 2</b></small><br/>Question: Does the imbalance plot show only a s..."}
single-erroneous-datapoint-return-to-service["<small><b>Step 3</b></small><br/>Action: The imbalance alarm was triggered by ..."]
more-than-one-exceeding-datapoints-swap-the-battery{{"<small><b>Step 4</b></small><br/>Escalation: Escalate to Powertrain On Call."}}
escalate-to-pwt-on-call{{"<small><b>Step 5</b></small><br/>Escalation: Escalate to Powertrain On Call."}}
load-the-failed-mission-and-inspect-the-plot --> was-it-only-a-single-failed-datapoint
was-it-only-a-single-failed-datapoint -->|One Exceeding Datapoint| single-erroneous-datapoint-return-to-service
was-it-only-a-single-failed-datapoint -->|More than 1 Exceeding Datap...| more-than-one-exceeding-datapoints-swap-the-battery
was-it-only-a-single-failed-datapoint -->|Cannot Confidently Read/Det...| escalate-to-pwt-on-call
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This is a single erroneous reading with a slow decreasing ramp because of our filtering logic. Missions that look like this should NOT cause a battery swap.
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