mikef
Member
- First Name
- Mike
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2023
- Threads
- 1
- Messages
- 11
- Reaction score
- 13
- Location
- Champaign, IL
- Vehicles
- R1T dual
- Occupation
- Engineer
- Thread starter
- #1
Do you unplug your Rivian when a big thunderstorm is in the forecast/you can see and hear lightning? Have any Rivians or EVs ever gotten fried from a thunderstorm?
I'm in Illinois so I get thunderstorms and lightning here (it's been storming the last day). I use the mobile charger at my house and usually keep my Rivian plugged in when it's in the garage.
When there's a big thunderstorm with lots of lightning coming through I usually go out and unplug it, in case something happens like lightning hits the power lines so that the vehicle won't get bricked. However I've lived in the Midwest my whole life and never had electronics get fried from a storm and never heard anyone talk about such a thing happening.
I figure it's probably not an actual issue--lightning would need to hit very close on my street + actually hit the electrical system + my vehicle would have to be drawing power from the grid at that moment for something to actually go wrong.
On the other hand, spending 10 seconds to go to the garage and unplug it to eliminate the possibility of lightning bricking it seems like there's no downside.
I don't think I've ever heard of an EV or Rivian getting bricked from lightning.
I'm in Illinois so I get thunderstorms and lightning here (it's been storming the last day). I use the mobile charger at my house and usually keep my Rivian plugged in when it's in the garage.
When there's a big thunderstorm with lots of lightning coming through I usually go out and unplug it, in case something happens like lightning hits the power lines so that the vehicle won't get bricked. However I've lived in the Midwest my whole life and never had electronics get fried from a storm and never heard anyone talk about such a thing happening.
I figure it's probably not an actual issue--lightning would need to hit very close on my street + actually hit the electrical system + my vehicle would have to be drawing power from the grid at that moment for something to actually go wrong.
On the other hand, spending 10 seconds to go to the garage and unplug it to eliminate the possibility of lightning bricking it seems like there's no downside.
I don't think I've ever heard of an EV or Rivian getting bricked from lightning.
Sponsored
