Couple Gets Trapped for 10 Hours After EV Charging Station Welds Itself to Car

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• opwieurposiu 7 hours ago
  Bugs like to crawl into little holes like on the charging plug/car and can increase resistance enough to cause this issue.

  When I built a robot that had to plug/unplug things 1000s of times it had an air-gun to clean out the plugs each cycle.

  I am not sure arc-detection would help you that much in case of a bug because by the time it starts arcing the pin has already melted.

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  • rawgabbit 6 hours ago
    So we should bring a can of air, when using a public charging station, and blow it clean before use?
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    • millzlane 4 hours ago
      Metrovac makes an electric plugin duster that is the bees knees. Never have to buy a can of air again. It's powerful too. Powerful enough that you feel what little torque the motor has when it powers on.

      This is the model. https://www.webstaurantstore.com/metrovac-ed-500-datavac-ele...
• general1465 5 hours ago
  Buy a bag of thermite and set of sparklers to avoid being kidnapped by a charger.
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  • perilunar 13 minutes ago
    a heavy-duty cable cutter, or an axe.