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Originally Posted by California98Civic
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!)
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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.