Charging Cable Temperature

[TSLmonkey]

Does anyone notice the charing cable's temperature when charging?

Especially when you are charging a model 3 with V3 charging station, is the cable hot?

 

[swaltner]

The cable and connector will get warm, but should not get hot. My rule of thumb is that if you can hold the cable/connector for a “long time”, it’s just warm and not hot.

 

[LoudMusic]

"Too hot to handle" is when it's hot. Otherwise it's just uncomfortably warm.

 

[RTPEV]

No, not really, although in the summer when the sun hits the handle it gets almost too hot to touch from that (yet another reason why canopies over charging stations would be a welcome sight).

 

[LoudMusic]

No, not really, although in the summer when the sun hits the handle it gets almost too hot to touch from that (yet another reason why canopies over charging stations would be a welcome sight).

Petrol stations have canopies. It just makes sense.

 

[LoudMusic]

I used my questionably accurate infrared laser thermometer today to check temperatures on my mobile connector plugged into a 240V 50A circuit with the car drawing 32A for a little over two hours.

Cable: apx 97
Mobile Connector Box: apx 102
Outlet: apx 97
Conduit: apx 95
Circuit Breaker: apx 95

Ambient air went from about 80 down to about 75 with a light breeze and no direct Sun on the cable.

I'd call it warm to the touch but certainly not unbearable. But I might also back it off to 25A since I only need a few hours of charging anyway and hopefully not warm up the circuit as much.