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Return of phantom 16 amp charging
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Jason71
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its never been an always thing, at least for me. Probably depends on your local grid. Personally I am seeing it on less than half of my charge sessions at home. Maybe 3 out of the last 10.
bitmanEV
Member
Got the same issue (2020.20.12) dropping to about 17Amps but what I did was after it was dropped to about 17Amps manually adjusted the Amps down to about 10Amps and then back to the full 32Amps. Left the car came back after a couple hours and it was still on 32Amps
This was on a public 7kW charging station from CYC / Chargemaster
This was on a public 7kW charging station from CYC / Chargemaster
I've had this on my first ever charge of a brand new M3LR, collected from Heathrow on Tuesday. Plugged it into a Source London 7kW charger on Thursday night, with charging commencing probably at 7kW and 32A, but then after about 30-40 minutes (and probably at around 9.00pm?) dropping to 4kW and 16/17/18A. I didn't disconnect and reconnect at the time, as we were trying to take advantage of the 4-hr overnight cap and didn't want to restart the window and (not yet having come across this thread) I wasn't sure whether this was an issue with the Source London charger, but now it looks like that will be the solution until the fix is rolled out.
For those who have had luck overcoming this by disconnecting / reconnecting, does it look like a physical disconnect (or a re-start of the charge from the charger end) is required? Or might it suffice to stop and restart charging from the M3 only, e.g. via the app? That would at least mean that the 4-hr overnight cap would not have to be broken...
I've seen a few suggestions in this thread that reducing the charge current in-car and then increasing it again back to 32A might fix the problem. I'll try that next time too.
For those who have had luck overcoming this by disconnecting / reconnecting, does it look like a physical disconnect (or a re-start of the charge from the charger end) is required? Or might it suffice to stop and restart charging from the M3 only, e.g. via the app? That would at least mean that the 4-hr overnight cap would not have to be broken...
I've seen a few suggestions in this thread that reducing the charge current in-car and then increasing it again back to 32A might fix the problem. I'll try that next time too.
Jason71
Well-Known Member
Stopping and restarting has always worked for me first time. Done it 4 times now I think
SteveLR3
Member
Received update 2020.24.6.4 last night. Just done 3.5 hour charge with no drop in amps at all... first time in 5 weeks it's worked. Don't know if there has been a fix or it's just a fluke!
Great, thanks so much both – very encouraging! I'll try this next time, and report back.
darkNstormy
Member
Still getting very persistent problems with dropping down to 17/18A.
Always fixed by using the app to stop and restart the charge.
Always fixed by using the app to stop and restart the charge.
ACarneiro
Active Member
I am having exactly the same issue. Starts at 30Amp and then drops to 17Amps through the Night. I bring the amps down to 5 and then back up to 30 and works fine but after an hour drops back down again. Started doing this only recently. Have Tesla posted anything?
Jason71
Well-Known Member
No. Service Have fessed up to a few people individually. But nothing official we are aware of. Do they even do that?
Jason71
Well-Known Member
A bit OTT maybe.
Since AC charging is gimped maybe they should give us all free supercharging until its fixed
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