I remember hearing that it'll come with the truck just like the mobile charger.
80 Amps Ford Charging Station
To the folks who are taking delivery of their Lightnings in early May and opted for the Power Back Up option, has anyone taken delivery of that charger yet??
Supposedly, according to Ford, the owners should be taking delivery of those chargers.
Ford hasn't released any info on that subject lately. Any info??
Supposedly, according to Ford, the owners should be taking delivery of those chargers.
Ford hasn't released any info on that subject lately. Any info??
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I think what he's trying to say is, no one that has a Lightning on order has paid for it. Therefore they haven't paid for the Ford Charger Pro Station. It is worth at least 1000 bucks. Why would they send that to you before you have the truck?I did not use SunRun to install my solar panels. I don't have SunRun equipment in my home. I have Enphase batteries and a Grid Switch. So....kindly SunRun cannot help me with the installation. So, I have to wait until Enphase has a patch for my system. In the meantime I am going to wire the charger as usual. Nice to have the charger installed prior to the trucks arrival at my place.
Do you know how that is triggered? Will someone contact you? Or by default if you haven't talked to sun run it'll come with the truck?Yes it will come with the truck if you opt out of a SunRun install.
I'm currently hooked up to 100 amp line @ 80 amps and it is charging. I didn't bother with the setup after 5 minutes.
Not noticing the flipping you are referring to. For all intents and purposes, it is running at 80 amps. I didn't get the set up complete, so I don't know what to check. As I'm monitoring the Fordpass app, it is definitely charging much faster. 46% to 64% in 2 hours, saying 100% @ 7pm est. Though I'm expecting my max limit setting to kick in.Is it set for full 80 amp delivery? And, is it flipping on and off over and over and over due to overheating?
My electrician did install an addition piece and I'm forgetting the name of it, outside of the breaker. He said he did some research and noted it needed it. I'm asking him now.
He installed a disconnect next to the FCSP.Not noticing the flipping you are referring to. For all intents and purposes, it is running at 80 amps. I didn't get the set up complete, so I don't know what to check. As I'm monitoring the Fordpass app, it is definitely charging much faster. 46% to 64% in 2 hours, saying 100% @ 7pm est. Though I'm expecting my max limit setting to kick in.
My electrician did install an addition piece and I'm forgetting the name of it, outside of the breaker. He said he did some research and noted it needed it. I'm asking him now.
So last night I was sitting in my living room waiting to watch TNF and I decided to mess with the WiFi again. The unit is on the wall shared with the house in the garage, specifically the living room. This time I got beyond connecting to the boxes WiFi and went to set it up on my home WiFi. I noticed that the signal it was picking up for my WiFi was really low, maybe one bar. I did 2 attempts and it couldn't connect. I need to replace my router, so I'm going to be doing that soon. But what I found funny about this is that I have a wireless speaker in the garage. The speaker is on the opposite wall of the garage from the charging unit. I have no issues with it playing music (wireless meaning WiFi, not BT). So it is making me think the unit doesn't have the best quality WiFi adapter so, boo on @Ford Motor Company for that. Especially with how expensive the unit is.I gave up on ever getting this thing to connect to Wi-Fi so I doubt I will ever be able to get the over the air updates as it simply just does not connect.
I haven't looked for it, because the setup and everyone has only talked WiFi, but I can assume there is no hard-line? There should be.
You've just described why I hate that manufacturers in multiple areas going all wireless. I almost daily now deal with the issues of getting Android Auto to just pull up in my truck and that's cause it defaults wireless first. I general plug it in but even then it will still not connect.I am wondering if some of the issue is the proximity of the FCSP and the electrical box?
It is natural for people to want to save money on wiring and the FCSP ends up real close to the electrical panel.
From https://help.keenetic.com/hc/en-us/...etworks-The-possible-sources-of-interference-
In addition to the reasons mentioned above, other factors can potentially affect the operation of Wi-Fi networks. For example:
- Wireless speakers that use 2.4 or 5 GHz bands;
- Some sources of electrical voltage (such as power lines); do not place the router with a Wi-Fi hotspot near a wall, a cove base, a wiring box, or next to an electrical panel;
- Cables with insufficient shielding as well as coaxial cables and connectors used with some types of satellite dishes;
- Some external monitors and LCD screens operating at 2.4 GHz;
- Wireless cameras and other Wi-Fi devices within the range of your Wi-Fi network.
To the point of the electrical panel for my setup, my electricial panel is on the opposite end of the house so I had to pay near 1k for the 100 amp line to run the length of my house for the charging station.
It is why, with telework, my work computer is not wireless. I'm not dealing with any range issue. I know I need to do a bit more in the house because of all the stuff that is connected but it becomes such a hassle. And while my family has complained, I know at the same time I'm in the basement - one screen watching youtube or netflix, another screen playing a video game and then my laptop, also plugged in, is downloading gigs of crap: NO ISSUES.I'm 100% with you. A few years ago, I opened up all my phone jacks and found they all had cat 5 cable, but yet no ethernet drops had been installed. So, after a little studying, I upgraded all of them to ethernet drops and made a nice switch panel. Why? Well, I was an early streaming adopter, and could never understand why anyone would stream over wifi when a hardwired connection was possible, simply due to reliability.....
Sound familiar?
I haven't fully decided whether to blame this on Ford or Android. But I've had issues with this going back to my 2017 mustang. It is only wired Android Auto and that would sometimes not pick up. I think the primary issue there is if I had the USB in the car first before I plugged it into my phone. Often times it would not resolve unless I turned the car off and back on (thank you IT crowd). In the Mach E, I never really did wired. It would not pick up the wirless occasionally but eventually would fix itself. It seems in the truck, as I said before, daily. If I'm going to work, I always plug in but it is after I start the truck. If I'm running around town I just leave the phone in my pocket. I've also done the reset infotainment thing and it'll still fail afterwards but eventually it does connect. But the issue is mainly that it'll take some time before it acts right and I'm a stickler for time and I'm not going to sit there getting it to work before I leave.I have found with my truck, if I try to plug in my iPhone before it connects wirelessly to Sync it will often times fail to connect.
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