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Re:Putting a Wet Towel on a Tesla Supercharger Handle Gets F... by epistasis on Thursday May 09, 2024 @06:36PM (#40313628)
Depends on whether the important part to keep cool is the part of the handle that the towel dissipates heat from, or if that temperature reading is used as a proxy for the temperature of the entire cable.
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Re:Putting a Wet Towel on a Tesla Supercharger Handle Gets F... by dylan604 on Thursday May 09, 2024 @06:46PM (#40313717)
Yeah, but since it's charging faster, it'll be done before the inaccurate temp readings allow the actual cable to melt. Or, if it's not the charger in your home and you're using someone else's charger, who cares if it melts. That's someone else's problem as long you get your batts topped off. At least, that's my cynical internal dialog for the world's mentality today.
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Re:Putting a Wet Towel on a Tesla Supercharger Handle Gets F... by dspillett on Thursday May 09, 2024 @07:05PM (#40313819)
> That's someone else's problem

I assume the down votes are from people assuming you agree with, or take part in "because everyone else does so why shouldn't I", that mentality.

Of not, then you might want to clarify. Otherwise, I'm glad that in all likelyhood we'll never meet in real life.

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Re:Putting a Wet Towel on a Tesla Supercharger Handle Gets F... by dylan604 on Thursday May 09, 2024 @07:09PM (#40313842)
"At least, that's my cynical internal dialog for the world's mentality today."

Did that not have the intended effect of stating that's how I feel other people think?

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Re:Putting a Wet Towel on a Tesla Supercharger Handle Gets F... by dspillett on Monday May 13, 2024 @04:08AM (#40340849)
To me, yes.

To others, apparently not.

I have the same problem occasionally.

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Re:Putting a Wet Towel on a Tesla Supercharger Handle Gets F... by CodeWriter23 on Thursday May 09, 2024 @07:05PM (#40313815)
Dude, you misspelled "higher currents will convert the cable into an unintentional fuse".
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