{"id":15819,"date":"2023-10-12T09:06:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=15819"},"modified":"2023-10-12T09:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:06:16","password":"","slug":"is-it-safe-to-charge-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/docs\/is-it-safe-to-charge-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it safe to charge in the rain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes! It is safe to charge your EV in the rain. EV charging points and cables are designed to be weatherproof, so you don&#8217;t have to worry about rainwater getting into the charging system. Before charging, it&#8217;s important to check charging cables to ensure they are not visibly damaged or frayed, as this can pose a risk.<\/p>\n<p>There are some dangers associated with extreme weather and charging. In the event of extreme weather, it is best to keep a car parked in a safe location.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst there is strong regulation around the installation of charging equipment and the safety of that equipment in extreme weather, if a flood-prone area is experiencing high volumes of rain or flash flooding, it is safest not to charge. Instead, find a location away from the flood-prone area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes! It is safe to charge your EV in the rain. EV charging points and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[108],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15819","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-safety-maintenance"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"year_month":"2026-05","word_count":133,"total_views":"0","reactions":{"happy":"8","normal":"1","sad":"2"},"author_info":{"name":"Bailey Sievewright","author_nicename":"bailey","author_url":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/author\/bailey\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Safety &amp; Maintenance","term_url":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/docs-category\/safety-maintenance\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15820,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15819\/revisions\/15820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=15819"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=15819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}