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Tesla warns against wet towel trick to speed up Supercharging
- by Electrek
- Jul 25, 2024
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Tesla responded to the trend with a clear warning:
Placing a wet cloth on Supercharger cable handles does not increase charging rates and interferes with temperature monitors creating risk of overheating or damage. Please refrain from doing this so our systems can run correctly, and true charging issues can be detected by our systems.
Thermal management is an important part of fast charging. Sending high-voltage current through small cables creates a lot of heat.
It may seem like a good idea to help the thermal management with a wet blanket, but a wet blanket can’t do much against that kind of heat. What it does is mess with the heat sensors on the connector and make the system believe it can send more current through. That can become dangerous quickly.
In conclusion, please don’t do it.
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