KEBA wallbox EVSE heat challenge

It all started last summer when the charging station KeContact P20 underwent an endurance test and KEBA transformed the famous "Ice Bucket Challenge" into the Austrian "Ice Cube Challenge".

But does the wallbox withstand extreme heat and do the protective mechanisms of KeContact P20 work under the harsh conditions of a steel plant as well? To find that out, KEBA employees placed the wallbox next to 640°C hot steel slabs at the voestalpine steel plant.

The result: The surface temperature of the charging station took on 140°C and also the inside temperature increased accordingly. But for safety reasons, the wallbox stopped charging automatically. Only after the wallbox had cooled down and the cyclical recovery test was positive, charging started again automatically.

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[pob]

had one of these POS it worked for 1 month (maybe 10 charges) before bricking and zero support from mfg, wasted hours on emails & phone calls to Austria and USA - high defect rate and no repair support or replacement parts (EVSE just have a few simple parts) so if they gave a damn they could've repaired it easily