Tried to use this charger today (not on plugshare), but it wouldn't plug in. Plug seemed to hit something. Same for both plugs. Took a photo of the plug, it looks like a standard type 2 plug. Think I have seen Teslas charging here in the past, but both spots were empty this time (maybe an indication of a problem). Any ideas?
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Knox City aka Westfield Knox EV charger - Melbourne
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This one?
Look alike it should just plugin, no app needed.
And other model Ss have been able to use it recently.
Look alike it should just plugin, no app needed.
And other model Ss have been able to use it recently.
Westfield Knox | Wantirna South, VIC | EV Station
Chargers are located in the Northeast corner Ground level of undercover carpark near Post Office. Look for Blue Row T. Best entry off Stud Road: turn left after the entrance, then around the back of the car parks until you see the multi level parking straight ahead. Keep going straight into that...
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Nothing that looks obvious to me. Maybe should retry sometime, and spend a bit longer trying to work out what is going on.
It is an older (2016) Model S, but can't see why that should matter.
I have seen where the internal contact surface of the female plug breaks off and gets left on one of the pins of the charging port of the car. In that case the owner could charge with the charge connector which has given up part of its plug and it prevents insertion of any other plug. Can you take a picture of your cars charging port?
We did have to replace our wall charger recently, because one of the pins on the plug was busted (outer plastic vanished and inner contact surface vanished leaving only the non-springy metal part), which resulted in a dodgy connection. We have no idea why/when this happened, or where the missing bits ended up.
But the new plug fits fine without any dramas. And I inspected the socket (as well as Dad), and didn't see anything wrong. Also car was recently in for service and Tesla successfully charged it. Will inspect & photograph it when light tomorrow just to be sure.
Possibly my use of terminology is incorrect. I was using plug to refer to the thing that goes into the car, and socket for the thing on car. What should I call each thing?
I have attached photos of the thing on my car. To me, it looks like the tip of a pin is missing. Huh? But nothing that would should stop a "plug" from being connected.
I also attached a (slightly blurry) photo of the end of my old wall charger, which I no longer use. Am guessing that damage from one side caused damage on the other side, but not sure which one happened first.
Car is booked for service by Tesla on Friday, probably should get them to look at this. No doubt they will say it needs to be replaced...
EDIT: 2nd photo was blurry, replaced with better photo.
I have attached photos of the thing on my car. To me, it looks like the tip of a pin is missing. Huh? But nothing that would should stop a "plug" from being connected.
I also attached a (slightly blurry) photo of the end of my old wall charger, which I no longer use. Am guessing that damage from one side caused damage on the other side, but not sure which one happened first.
Car is booked for service by Tesla on Friday, probably should get them to look at this. No doubt they will say it needs to be replaced...
EDIT: 2nd photo was blurry, replaced with better photo.
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For me the plug is what you hold and the socket is what you insert the plug into.
The pins (AKA charging pins) are in the socket and are of different sizes - especially the top two
The pins seems to be intact.
There are no pins in the plug - just sleeves.
Have you tried another charging cable?
I tried both charging cables at Knox, and both had the same problem. But other charging cables, e.g. at Home, at Eastland, Ringwood, Tesla service, etc seem to be fine.
Sounds like the Knox charging cables are worn rather than any issue with the car's socket.
The pictures suggest the charging pins in the car's charging socket are OK
But Im interested to see what Tesla says
Looking closely at the picture of your charging port, the pin on the right hand side of the middle row appears different and the corresponding pin on the charge connector plug, also appears different. I believe this is the source of your problem and that a part of the plug has transferred to your cars charging port.
in any case Tesla will be able to determine on Friday, but your likely up for a new charge connector, possibly more.
Yes, to me, both the plug and the charging port looked damaged. To me, the pin on the port looks like it is missing the tip. Maybe this combined with the charger at Knox being slightly out of alignment, means the socket is banging into the flat part of the pin, which really shouldn't be a flat.
No sign anywhere of the missing parts. I think they are long since gone. Along with any evidence as to what on earth happened to this pin in the first place. If parts transferred to the charging port, this would have stopped other chargers from fitting, and this didn't happen. And if parts went flying when removing the plug, would have thought it would be noticeable.
Tesla have agreed to look at this on Friday. For a fee of $29.70. Fingers crossed the port won't need to be replaced, but somewhat skeptical.
No sign anywhere of the missing parts. I think they are long since gone. Along with any evidence as to what on earth happened to this pin in the first place. If parts transferred to the charging port, this would have stopped other chargers from fitting, and this didn't happen. And if parts went flying when removing the plug, would have thought it would be noticeable.
Tesla have agreed to look at this on Friday. For a fee of $29.70. Fingers crossed the port won't need to be replaced, but somewhat skeptical.
The middle pin is Earth and is supposed to be largest of all the pins
The top 2 pins are the smallest and are communication/signalling pins
The one on the right in the picture is N
The one on the left L1 and the bottom 2 L2, L3 are the active 3 phase pins and should all be the same size as N
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