A charging handle of an electric vehicle charging station with a circuit for temperature measurement of said charging handle, said circuit comprising: a temperature sensor connected between a control pilot line and a ground line in said charging handle of said electric vehicle charging station, wherein a change in current conducted from the ground line to the control pilot line occurs when the temperature sensor is exposed to a change in temperature in the charging handle; said charging handle being characterised in that said circuit for temperature measurement of said charging handle further comprises: a temperature monitor in the charging station, the temperature monitor being coupled to a pilot signal measurement circuit connected to the control pilot line, to measure negative portions of a control pilot signal resulting from the temperature sensor conducting current from the ground line to the control pilot line in response to changes in the temperature in the charging handle; and wherein, before charging starts, the pilot signal measurement circuit is configured to interpret a negative control pilot signal that is more positive than a negative reference voltage, as abnormal behavior for an electric vehicle load, and after charging starts, the pilot signal measurement circuit is configured to interpret a negative control pilot signal that is more positive than the negative reference voltage, as a temperature change, and not as abnormal behavior for an electric vehicle load. a temperature sensor connected between a control pilot line and a ground line in said charging handle of said electric vehicle charging station, wherein a change in current conducted from the ground line to the control pilot line occurs when the temperature sensor is exposed to a change in temperature in the charging handle; said charging handle being characterised in that said circuit for temperature measurement of said charging handle further comprises: a temperature monitor in the charging station, the temperature monitor being coupled to a pilot signal measurement circuit connected to the control pilot line, to measure negative portions of a control pilot signal resulting from the temperature sensor conducting current from the ground line to the control pilot line in response to changes in the temperature in the charging handle; and wherein, before charging starts, the pilot signal measurement circuit is configured to interpret a negative control pilot signal that is more positive than a negative reference voltage, as abnormal behavior for an electric vehicle load, and after charging starts, the pilot signal measurement circuit is configured to interpret a negative control pilot signal that is more positive than the negative reference voltage, as a temperature change, and not as abnormal behavior for an electric vehicle load. a temperature monitor in the charging station, the temperature monitor being coupled to a pilot signal measurement circuit connected to the control pilot line, to measure negative portions of a control pilot signal resulting from the temperature sensor conducting current from the ground line to the control pilot line in response to changes in the temperature in the charging handle; and wherein, before charging starts, the pilot signal measurement circuit is configured to interpret a negative control pilot signal that is more positive than a negative reference voltage, as abnormal behavior for an electric vehicle load, and after charging starts, the pilot signal measurement circuit is configured to interpret a negative control pilot signal that is more positive than the negative reference voltage, as a temperature change, and not as abnormal behavior for an electric vehicle load.