Tesla Magic dock adaptor slower?

[Joneii]

After the second charge of the day (middle of the afternoon at 90+ degrees), the battery temp was slightly elevated (less than your photo above). It had cooled a little when I did the third charge (the one with the somewhat reduced rate), and was right back to the middle line for the fourth charge (fastest of the day).
That was the first time I had ever seen the battery temp above the middle line.

Thanks for the reply! It makes me feel a little better that other Lightnings are also seeing some temperature elevation during multiple DCFCs. I did mention to the EV tech my theory that this might be software related and not a bug, but a feature. I don’t remember exactly when, but it was before I noticed the temperature changes, the truck seemed to have an increase in peak charging rate. When I first got my truck in 2022, the highest charge rate I ever saw was 173 kW/h. Sometime about 2 years ago or so I noticed that my peak charge rate was consistently higher for the first 6-8 minutes—pushing 180-185 kW/h. I sort of remember someone on this forum talking about a software update that raised the peak charging rate. So if that is true, it may be that they increased the charge rate and the cooling algorithm didn’t get updated. This would be fine as the charging speed is better in your first charge of the day, but you may have issues on the follow on charges. My tech didn’t hear of anything like that, but said he would ask the engineers when he spoke with them. I don’t know if he actually did.

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[ronscantlin]

OP here,
Thanks for everyone’s contributions. It’s always a learning adventure!
Finally had a few more visits to the same charging site and I have results.
it’s not the magic dock, the station is the issue. I experienced the same slow speeds using my adaptor vs. the magic dock.

 

[StrikesTwice]

I’m 0 for 4 on getting the magic dock out. I don’t even bother trying anymore…it’s just faster for me to use the adapter than fiddle with it.

 

[El Duderino]

I’m 0 for 4 on getting the magic dock out. I don’t even bother trying anymore…it’s just faster for me to use the adapter than fiddle with it.

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