Trick appears to speed powering up but could cause damage to cables
Tesla has asked owners to stop wrapping wet towels around handles to speed up the recharging process, warning that this can damage its Supercharger stalls.placing a wet cloth over Supercharger recharging kit while juicing up"does not increase charging rates," and risks damaging cables because it fools temperature sensors into thinking the charger is cooler than it really is.
The method has to do with external temperature sensors on Tesla supercharging handles that are designed to decrease charging wattage to prevent people from burning their hands, which Conner said have never worked very well. By wrapping a wet towel around the charging handle, people not only avoided getting burned but also noticed a corresponding increase in charging amperage.
That all changed around the beginning of June, when Conner suspected Tesla made changes to its charging logic to stop the wet rag trick from working. "Tesla must have logic to realize there's no feasible way the temperature sensor in the handle would cool off that quickly," Conner suspects."I'm glad they put a stop to ," Conner opined during the podcast, but that doesn't mean he thinks Tesla is entirely in the right here."They should come up with a connector that doesn't overheat," he added.
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