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Man Pours Water On His Tesla Charging Cable and Then Plugs In To Charge: Here's What Happens Next

There is a video circulating, showing a man from China, pouring water directly on his Tesla charging cable and on the end of the charging unit. He also pours water directly on the Tesla charge ports on the car. Here's what happens as he does it.
Man Pours Water On His Tesla Charging Cable and Charge Port And Then Plugs In To Charge: Here's What Happens Next

Man Pours Water on Tesla Charger

A man in China poured a large bottle of water on the head of his charging cable and then plugged it into his Tesla vehicle. After that, he poured water directly on the charging port.

This goes without saying, but DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME.

This is something I've never thought about doing, however, this is something that Tesla and other EV companies will need to have a solution for - at least the elements in the weather.

After all, when it rains and snows, and you pour gas into a gas car, there is no issue with the extra water and snow. To further the EV transition, charging will need to work regardless of the elements and inclement weather.

Tesla charging looks a little different in China, and the connections looked more like a medium-sized CCS adapter than the NACS charging here in the U.S. It makes sense - NACS is the North American Charging Standard.

Tesla is far and away the leading in EV charging with their upcoming V4 Superchargers that are immersion cooled.

After watching the video of this guy in China, I couldn't understand the words or text, but it's also important to note that the video jumps right as he's about to plug in his charger, so it's possible that he didn't actually plug in the charger after he poured water on it. Pouring water on the charger after it is plugged in won't likely cause an issue, as the charger is plugged in and protected at that point - not unless you used a fire hose or something really pressurized that would jostle the charger.

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What Happened After Pouring Water on the Charge Ports?

After dousing the charging cable and connector, as well as the charge port on the Tesla vehicle... nothing happened and the car charged as normal, getting a rate of 60 kW/309 km/hr. The water drowning the charge connectors and ports literally didn't do a thing to impact the charging.

Tesla has clearly done some work to make its chargers waterproof - or, at the very least, not take on enough water to cause a charging issue.

I don't know the design schematics of Tesla's charging connectors and car charge ports, but I can guess that they do something that makes it so that the car charge port and cable connector don't cause any water to reach the battery connection. By the way, battery costs are coming down so much, that one day, changing a Tesla's entire battery will cost $1,500 or less.

Another X user said that this has been done in North America with EVs showing that charging can be done by taking a charge cable and putting it in a bucket of water and then connecting it to the car, which started to charge.

As with most things, without clear video evidence, it's tough to say if that actually happened.

In the case of this vide with this guy in China, it appears to be legit, minus the "jump" of the video right before he plugs in. The closest experience I have is plugging in my 2022 Model 3 RWD into various chargers, including Tesla, when it has been pouring rain, snowing heavily, or is freezing, and I've never had any issue getting charging started.

Tesla's charging technology is ready for the elements. All that is needed now is to increase the charging speed across the board for Tesla vehicles and Tesla's Supercharger stations.

My verdict is that the video likely was edited with the jump in the frame when he plugged in. And, do not pour water on your Tesla charger connector or your charge port.

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What do you think about this guy pouring water on his Tesla charger? Is the video edited, or did he actually plug in a doused Tesla charging connector?

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Duke Woolworth (not verified)    December 20, 2023 - 1:39PM

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I've often wondered why charge port doors aren't above the port to protect the area and allow safe charging and closing of the door. Freezing rain has been a charging problem when the area was iced up and needed some surgery to get the door closed/locked.

OraEVdriver (not verified)    December 24, 2023 - 7:55PM

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Ev charger plugs have long paths between terminals and the chargers have RCD/GFI built in so worst case the charger will trip on ground fault

Kevin Nielsen (not verified)    December 27, 2023 - 6:25AM

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Water, filtered water, distilled water, bottled water are not good electrical conductors. Put some salt in that water and the results may be catastrophic.

Bob (not verified)    December 27, 2023 - 9:02PM

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NACS stands for the North American Charging Standard, but it is not actually the North American Standard anything. It's the Tesla charging standard.