I have parked my car in the rain today. After a day of raining, I opened my charging push door and found the entire charging area wet. Luckily the plug has stopped water getting into the contacts. Is this a concern? I will try to put weatherstrip foam from home depot to see if helps. View attachment 121600 iPhone ?
no worries, and no need to go beyond what toyota has provided. someone else posted about this as well. the pip has had an open charging area for almost 5 years with no problems, and charging outside in rain and snow is not an issue.
Nope. J1772 considers this and other scenarios like standing in a pool of water in its charging standard for plug-ins.
With the snow that's been falling lately I have been using a 160 mph leaf blower to clear out the snow from the charge port area as well as the snow on the rest of the car Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
Just want to clarify. I did not leave the door open in the rain. Look like someone spray water directly into the charging Area leaving it wet.. iPhone ?
yes, that is how they have been for 5 years. and now the prime is the same. the outer door is not waterproof. it's a non issue, but feel free to stick weatherstripping all over your new car if it makes you more comfortable.
@bisco, with all of these duplicate posts and your unofficial status as Priuschat-Citizen-in-Chief, you should be nominated to an official position as such with request that the gods (Danny and his demigod moderators) grant you privileges to clean up these posts.
i relish the thought. but they know i'd be dangerous. plus, i'm technically incompetent. can't even upload an avatar. and, they can't afford me.
No concern. The design is well thought out. I've recharged in heavy rain a number of times. I've also had to brush off wet snow. No problem.
I'm no expert, but I would assume Toyota anticipated rain might occur during charging so I would think this isn't a problem. But I've been wrong before Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
Sorry for the dup posts. For some reason I'm keep getting error message to wait for 30sec in order to post.. therefore making my question posted multiple times. iPhone ?
"Connect to an AC 120 V outlet (NEMA 5-15R) with a Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter (GFCI) and a circuit breaker." Owners manual, page 122.
