Andyw2100
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Me too, but given the weather, probably not until next winter
It's February, and you live in Canada. You must be quite the optimist!
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-20C : Our Tesla will not charge
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It's February, and you live in Canada. You must be quite the optimist!
You're right, I probably angered the weather gods and we'll be getting a week long -30C cold snap next week. My apologies in advance to anyone else in the area that gets hit by this.
I forgot to mention - my car was set to range mode when this happened, which is not what I normally do, but has been mentioned as a possible contributing factor elsewhere in this thread.
EcoHeliGuy
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I live in Canada and I don't recall the city of Victoria getting any snow this winter. And there are palm trees, kiwis and lemons. Drive a couple hours into the interior to see scorpions and rattle snakes.
Interestingly, Byorn Nyland's friend Jorgen Winther-Larsen shows his experience with a cold (-18C cold soaked overnight) battery. In his case, the car accepted the charge while warming the battery.
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sammyfan711
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My electrician noted the operating temperature for the wall charger is 22F - i am thinking of installing a garage heater in my exterior garage just to maintain the wall charger above freezing.
Any suggestions or "real world" feedback about this proposed action?
Any suggestions or "real world" feedback about this proposed action?
Waste of energy in my opinion.
Is your garage insulated? If so, I would guess you will be fine. If not, insulate it, that will be far cheaper.
I've had a Tesla charging in an unseated, but insulated garage the last 6 winters. Two Teslas the last 3 winters.
Although I have been charging on the UMCs, not the HPWC. I have experienced no issues with the UMCs in Minnesota winters.
sammyfan711
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Getting it insulated / drywalled now (the electrician strongly suggested the insulation and I'm going to decorate a "Tesla Garage" with the drywall!), I'll hold off on the heater. Thanks for the tip!
My pleasure.
If you ask around of other Tesla Club members in MN, WI or IL you may get someone that also has a HPWC.
Considering I have seen HPWCs outside as Destination Chargers, I would think they are quite robust.
Boatguy
Active Member
When I experienced the refusal to charge issue this past winter, it was way colder than 22F! So cold that I decided to bring the UMC into the house to warm up to see if thawing it out would help. It didn't help, same problem.
I'm going to install a HPWC when I get around to putting the new wiring into the garage.
Thread revival... did you put in HPWC and solve the issue?
My car is getting dark blue ring after quitting charging somewhere before reaching target %, I'm using UMC and 120V at work.. as I have always done in past winters. This winter... now that its -16C -18C range... I'm noticing this blue ring behaviour. In past years it would keep on trucking glowing green in temps well below this, onboarding power showing some Amps being absorbed. Now it's blue ring and zero. I'm pretty sure it's "too cold to charge" and not enough oomph from 120V source to consider using shore power for battery heating so it just gives up. Range mode always OFF.
I have not yet purchased the HPWC.
This thread brings back sour memories . Next time this sort of thing happens I will take video evidence.
Even though I am an engineering expert at EV drive train and battery technologies , that didn't help my case with Tesla service who couldn't reproduceven the issue.
It's not cold enough yet in Ontario to match the conditions of the OP.
Will keep you posted if anything comes up.
Very happy with our Tesla service center in Toronto , had a very positive scheduled service appointment recently.
Cheers
This thread brings back sour memories . Next time this sort of thing happens I will take video evidence.
Even though I am an engineering expert at EV drive train and battery technologies , that didn't help my case with Tesla service who couldn't reproduceven the issue.
It's not cold enough yet in Ontario to match the conditions of the OP.
Will keep you posted if anything comes up.
Very happy with our Tesla service center in Toronto , had a very positive scheduled service appointment recently.
Cheers
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