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Old 10-29-2017, 11:24 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
Anyone else starting to imagine drivers getting electrocuted to death while charging their cars? Anyone else starting to wonder if self-service charging might get regulated out of existence? Is there a hardware/software fail-safe to prevent injuries? (Not that gasoline is safe, of course!)
I'm sure that someone will figure out how to hurt themselves, no matter what precautions are taken.

Someone successfully sued McDonalds for burning themselves , because their coffee was hotter than the coffee that other fast food places sell.

The ChaDeMo charger only has power to the 12V pins, does a handshake to verify that it is plugged into a car, then turns on a contactor to begin charging. There is a latch on the connector that shuts off the charging if the connector is removed from the car.

So .. not fail-safe or perfect, but good. Every charger or charging system released since is a bit more paranoid and has a few extra checks.

The engineers are *REALLY* trying.
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