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Capacitors can fail catastrophically, and that's not a place you want a fire to start. Time to log a complaint with the NHTSA over a potential safety issue - Report a Safety Problem | NHTSA. If it does get picked up by the NHTSA (Since Tesla is under extra scrutiny at the moment it is possible...

I have that charger, dating from 2014 (my first EV was a leased Leaf, for 3 years), it worked just fine with my M3 SR+. Only did 30A but it worked. Eventually replaced it with Tesla wall charger because, well, 2 more amps and I had plans for a 3LR that could do 48A that hasn’t come to fruition...

There is a certain amount of power required to have the car ‘awake’, which is what it has to be to charge. Running the computers, running the battery heat or cooling if needed, and so on. That overhead is always there, it doesn’t depend on the rate of charge. So 1 amp, maybe 2 of overhead on a...

Beautiful work. I had much the same done in my condo. Our building dates from 1914 and was converted to a condo in 1995. Fortunately the wiring dates from then, not 1914 :-). I also had the advantage of my unit being right directly above my indoor spot, so we only had to go thru one concrete...

Hmmmm, maybe. While 50% SOC is the LI happy point, that's mostly only true when there isn't something like the Tesla battery management software in the loop managing the state of charge across the multiple cell multiple charge zone batteries that are in a tesla. Higher SOC gives it more maneuver...

It's also possible that the amp setting in the car for that charger got dropped by the car because it detected a fault. Even a transient would be enough for the car to decide it can't get all 32 amps. Check the charge screen when you are plugged in and make sure it is not limited to something...

There is a spot here in Atlanta where something like this happens to me every time - I'm cruising along at 60 in a 55, and suddenly the cruise set speed drops to 35 (!!) and of course regen kicks in and the cars behind me (well, there were cars before Corona became more than just a beer) get...

Hmmm, I’ve only set my charging to start at 2 am once, and it has always remembered after that. Tesla’s use GPS location to ‘remember’ the settings for a charging location, perhaps something is interfering with that? Several things use the same mechanism, including folding/unfolding the mirrors...

Hmmm, I’ve only set my charging to start at 2 am once, and it has always remembered after that. Tesla’s use GPS location to ‘remember’ the settings for a charging location, perhaps something is interfering with that? Several things use the same mechanism, including folding/unfolding the mirrors...

The choice of circuit size and socket depends on the charger you are going to use and (surprisingly enough) the car you are going to charge. Model 3 standard can only AC charge at 32 amps - they have only two 16 amp AC to DC power supplies in them, so you need only 40 amp service for most wall...