Charge port cables after 1.5 years of use
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:06 pm
As written elsewhere I have swapped my cables from the charge port to the battery for thicker ones.
Here I want to present the previous 10mm² cables after many, many quick charge sessions. A sample from the lower end of wire gauges. not a recommendation!
Typical charging sessions were 12-15 kWh and about 10-15 minutes full load charging at 115A. Sometimes 135A, once even 180A on a 100 kW CHAdeMO charger But for a minute only, then it dropped back down to the usual 125A.
So, the red cable which is properly crimped shows no sign of being thermally overloaded while the one end of the blue cable definitely overheated because it wasn't crimped properly.
Here I want to present the previous 10mm² cables after many, many quick charge sessions. A sample from the lower end of wire gauges. not a recommendation!
Typical charging sessions were 12-15 kWh and about 10-15 minutes full load charging at 115A. Sometimes 135A, once even 180A on a 100 kW CHAdeMO charger But for a minute only, then it dropped back down to the usual 125A.
So, the red cable which is properly crimped shows no sign of being thermally overloaded while the one end of the blue cable definitely overheated because it wasn't crimped properly.