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I noticed today when I unplugged that the plug on my lead (charger end) was really warm and that one of the pins had gone brown.
Is this normal or is it a faulty lead or charger socket.
When I was experiencing severe crackling and such from my charger for a good few months, multiple investigations into the cause (which ended up being the charger itself) never came up with any brown pins like that....so i'd suspect that it is shorting somehow?
I use my cable quite often and I don't have any browning of the pins. Do you use the same charger? As said above it could be the charger that's causing this or the cable.
I use my cable quite often and I don't have any browning of the pins. Do you use the same charger? As said above it could be the charger that's causing this or the cable.
Thanks for that.
I only use one charger (other than my home charger which is a tethered cable).
It’s a podpoint which I never had a problem with my Peugeot e208. My M3 starts charging at 30amps then drops to 16amps.
It now looks like it’s a problem with socket B (which I was plugged into yesterday), I plugged into socket A today and it charged at a constant 30amps
It sounds to me like a loose connection, this increases the resistance at the junction and causes heat - definitely needs attention, it can only get worse!
Thanks for that.
I only use one charger (other than my home charger which is a tethered cable).
It’s a podpoint which I never had a problem with my Peugeot e208. My M3 starts charging at 30amps then drops to 16amps.
It now looks like it’s a problem with socket B (which I was plugged into yesterday), I plugged into socket A today and it charged at a constant 30amps
That's almost certainly dropping down charge rate due to overheating. Tesla monitors the heat to make sure hot and browning doesn't turn into anything worse.
That's almost certainly dropping down charge rate due to overheating. Tesla monitors the heat to make sure hot and browning doesn't turn into anything worse.
Yes it the Mennekes cable that came with the car - I emailed them today and they have said the discolouration of the end cap is most often caused by a problem with the charger socket rather than the cable itself.
Yes it the Mennekes cable that came with the car - I emailed them today and they have said the discolouration of the end cap is most often caused by a problem with the charger socket rather than the cable itself.
Naturally they did and I would fully expect the charger company, to say that it is most often caused by a faulty cable rather than the charger socket itself...
Pretty clear if it works ok on one socket and not on the other then the problem is with the charger. What does Zap map say for that charger? Anyone else having issues?