• Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Hate to spoil the anti cybertruck band wagon here, but apparently the owner discovered that they were doing something wrong. I think they seated the charger incorrectly, which allowed it to charge for a bit, but then the safety mechanism from the truck turns off the charging. These trucks and other electric vehicles can charge at this temperature range, but they will have reduced range.

    Elon is still a Nazi, and these trucks look horrendous.

    Edit: Facebook link

      • psivchaz@reddthat.com
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        2 months ago

        I don’t think that’s what this is saying. It seems to be saying it just wasn’t plugged in all the way.

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          2 months ago

          Between this and the burning 4090 fiasco from a couple of years ago, it seems to me that people who buy expensive things struggle to plug them in all the way for some reason.

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        Eh, if you’re careful and know what you’re doing (e.g. Google stuff), it’s effectively screws and copper. Nothing too special about it.

        • I know we’re all geniuses here and just being part of the fediverse is proof of that, but the average consumer that bought an incel Camino might be a slightly different demographic.

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        i mean standard outlets have live neutral and ground, neutral and ground are ultimately both connected to the true ground in the earth, but neutral is the ground the current optimally flows through, whereas ground is just used for safety to prevent metal casings of devices from silently being connected to live or whatever. dont know how much of that applies to ev chargers but probably not too far off.

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          Yeah at some point they would combine at least, I think. I’m not certain about US American standards.

          Here in Switzerland, and in Germany too, we use the TN-C-S system (terre neutre combiné séparé) at least for any recent buildings.

          That would usually mean that you mustn’t combine ground and neutral within your house (behind your breaker box). Otherwise RCCB / GFCI breakers can’t work either obviously.

          I could see car chargers being wired up a bit specially, I have no idea about them to be honest, but surely they want to be able to check for ground faults as well.