Do you check what you stick in your Tesla

[PITA]

A few weeks back I arrived at a Tesla Supercharger Site, V2 Chargers I think, to find one cable covered in mud.

It looked like it had been dropped on the ground??

Anyways, it got me thinking how I never check what's inside these charge cable connectors before I shove it inside my cars charge port...

... I do check now though, every time.

Am I the only one who does this? Could get very messy, or difficult if your charger becomes the victim of a protest campaign...

 

[Dilly]

I always inspect them primarily for moisture

 

[PITA]

I always inspect them primarily for moisture

This'll help...

 

[Jason71]

I only us premium grade electricity. Preferably organic.

 

[Pink Duck]

Slugs find the black plug holes quite attractive if left on the floor in the dark too.

 

[Clem_Fandango]

I have a quick glance if at a SC, like I would if filling up with dinosaur juice but not at home

 

[M3noob]

A few weeks back I arrived at a Tesla Supercharger Site, V2 Chargers I think, to find one cable covered in mud.

It looked like it had been dropped on the ground??

Anyways, it got me thinking how I never check what's inside these charge cable connectors before I shove it inside my cars charge port...

... I do check now though, every time.

Am I the only one who does this? Could get very messy, or difficult if your charger becomes the victim of a protest campaign...

Be particularly careful at Destination Chargers. I lament my fellow man's consideration for the next guy to come along.

 

[PITA]

Be particularly careful at Destination Chargers. I lament my fellow man's consideration for the next guy to come along.

... reminded me of another Supercharger 'incident'

I arrived at a V2 Supercharger and unplugged the Top Charger... just as it dislodged the bottom cable which swung downwards alongside the cars paintwork.

I did share a loud broadcast moment of my displeasure... but luckily it missed the car...

 

[outdoors]

I always look at the pins. Got in the habit after coming across some destination chargers that were looking pretty ragged.

Once you stick it in there is no going back.

 

[mswlogo]

I always check for Mangled pins etc. A few times I skipped and went to another bay.

 

[Adopado]

... reminded me of another Supercharger 'incident'

I arrived at a V2 Supercharger and unplugged the Top Charger... just as it dislodged the bottom cable which swung downwards alongside the cars paintwork.

I did share a loud broadcast moment of my displeasure... but luckily it missed the car...

This is a real issue on V2 (2 cable) Supercharger stalls (you were lucky)! Because you need to be backed up so close there is every possibility that a dislodged cable will clatter the back of the car ... this happened to me a while ago, and if I look very closely I can still see a very slight dent in the metal of the lower part of the boot lid. This can happen when either latching the upper CCS cable out of the stall or when latching it back into the stall. The way to prevent this happening is to have one hand on the lower cable whilst wrestling with the upper cable. Beware everyone. (Why are many of the cables so reluctant?)