Hi all,
Anyone else with an i3 ever seen it complain about "Cable Fault" periodically when trying to do AC charging on a very sunny day?
This last week or two with the clear blue skies, the dark blue paintwork, and the car sitting in the sun on the driveway with the charge point facing the sunny side, I've had the car refuse to charge for several hours at a time, basically until the charge socket cools down again. Today, for example, the exterior panels were showing up at about 70 degrees C - it's pretty damn hot to the touch - while the interior of the socket shows more like 50 degrees C, but the car won't commence AC charge until the heat drops a bit. I've now seen this enough to be confident that's what it is - heat.
Anyone else noticed this?
I would have assumed it was a thermal lock, but a) why would it report Cable Fault in this scenario and b) how the hell would they sell the car into countries a lot hotter than the UK if it won't charge in the sunshine!!!??!
Cheers!
Matt.
Anyone else with an i3 ever seen it complain about "Cable Fault" periodically when trying to do AC charging on a very sunny day?
This last week or two with the clear blue skies, the dark blue paintwork, and the car sitting in the sun on the driveway with the charge point facing the sunny side, I've had the car refuse to charge for several hours at a time, basically until the charge socket cools down again. Today, for example, the exterior panels were showing up at about 70 degrees C - it's pretty damn hot to the touch - while the interior of the socket shows more like 50 degrees C, but the car won't commence AC charge until the heat drops a bit. I've now seen this enough to be confident that's what it is - heat.
Anyone else noticed this?
I would have assumed it was a thermal lock, but a) why would it report Cable Fault in this scenario and b) how the hell would they sell the car into countries a lot hotter than the UK if it won't charge in the sunshine!!!??!
Cheers!
Matt.