Yeah, as long as the connections are well insulated against water ingress, can't see why wading wouldn't be possible.
But as we all know, give it a few years, and some wild temp variations, and those once well insulated connections may not be so insulated.
Water and electrical shorts !!!
I'd rather be stuck with a dead car, rather than be possibly electrocuted, or shorted to the point where it all catches fire .. etc.
A few weeks back whilst at work, we had some flooding around town, and in a similar dip under a bridge, there were about 4 or 5 cars all stuck in the thick of it.
Luckily the MAN I was driving has a nice simple non spark assisted motor type .. and about 4 foot high too boot. Barely got the hubs wet!
But snaking the rig between stuck cars was the hard part.
One thing I thought tho, was that these EV motors were supposed to have air cooling of some form, which would imply that air would get into the motor. And if air can get into the motor, obviously water will get in.
I've seen how (simple)electrical motors operate similarly to dead motors!! .. when they're submersed in water.
How do EV motors operate under water?
(as in what insulation design do they use to keep them operating?)
Arthur.
'99 D1 300Tdi Auto
'03 D2 Td5 Auto
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