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Wall charger cable starting to distort
- Thread starter pchanco
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Don't know if it is typical, but looks normal in the sense you shouldn't worry about electrical problems on that account. I'd never inspect an extension cord / rubber wire that closely. Only cuts and burns are significant, not stretching.
Does the cable get direct sunlight? Or could light be reflected from something on to it?
When we moved to Las Vegas I left the Thule roof cargo box outside and one of our windows on the house was reflecting the sunlight on to the cargo box which was melting it as the Sun moved throughout the day. Come to find out it was magnifying it to like 135*!!! Oops. Beyond that....send an email off to Tesla with the picture or hit up your electrician who installed it.
When we moved to Las Vegas I left the Thule roof cargo box outside and one of our windows on the house was reflecting the sunlight on to the cargo box which was melting it as the Sun moved throughout the day. Come to find out it was magnifying it to like 135*!!! Oops. Beyond that....send an email off to Tesla with the picture or hit up your electrician who installed it.
No, it's in my garage, It's only in the middle of the cable, just noticed today when I was hanging up the cable.
orntar
Member
It's not some magic snake cable. It's fine, the outer rubber sheath is probably just delaminating from the inner cables. It won't hurt anything.
I have the bumps on my 2 year old cable and things (knock on some wood) seem to work fine. As for the cause, I don't think it's over heating while charging as it's hardly warm to the touch. Maybe delmination from the sun hitting the black cable?? But that doesn't make sense as 2 people said they have the cable in the garage. Regardless, it shouldn't be happening.
Have you ever tried touching it in that bumpy area after it has been charging for a good length of time and while it is still charging? Unless it is really hot I would actually grab it and see if you feel any extra warmth in that area. Check to make sure the insulation doesn't have any tears in it first. Be aware, I am not an electrician!
davewill
Active Member
Was the failure related to the deformed cord you reported? That would be useful info.
I don't have that on mine, installed in a garage and used for over 2 years. However, I had initally looped the extra length over the top of the charger and the top became warm/hot to the touch after charging for 2-3 hours. I decided to loop the extra cable length differently so it wouldn't all sit on top without any air. If those bumps happen to be in the sections of cable that were sitting on top of the charger, it'S probably just a bit of heat on the rubber. I wouldn't think that's important. You can try changing how you hang the extra length to alleviate this.
Not sure, I was getting a warning that the charger would not charge at the fastest level (it would still charge only slower).
My cord did this, TESLA replaced it. Now one week into the new cord, it is developing knots too?
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