[JerkyChew]

I'll spare you the gory details but at the moment I've set up my Lightning to charge using my home dryer outlet and the included adapter. However on first run the charge rate seems very slow - About 6 miles per hour. Is this expected? I know we're not talking L3 speed here but I would have thought that 220v/30a would charge a lot faster, considering my Tesla can charge way faster on my 220v/20a chargepoint.(Again, there's a whole separate reason I'm not using the Chargepoint at the moment).

So far the Ford app is showing Energy as "0 kWh" after about 22 minutes. Is it just a matter of waiting for the truck to sort everything out and then it will charge faster, or is this an "it is what it is" kind of thing?

 

[Leaf to Lightning : )]

no way to know unless you try either unplugging and plugging back in, maybe even 'restarting' the truck in between, to see if that resets anything, or better, try ANOTHER outlet, even using a household 15amp outlet, to see if it charges as it should.

 

[JerkyChew]

no way to know unless you try either unplugging and plugging back in, maybe even 'restarting' the truck in between, to see if that resets anything, or better, try ANOTHER outlet, even using a household 15amp outlet, to see if it charges as it should.

It looks like this is not a linear thing - After being plugged in for a while I now see:

Time on charger: 0hr 45min
Distance added: 6 MI
Energy: 2kWh

I guess I'll let it run for a while and see what the average is.

 

[PipeFitter52]

It looks like this is not a linear thing - After being plugged in for a while I now see:

Time on charger: 0hr 45min
Distance added: 6 MI
Energy: 2kWh

I guess I'll let it run for a while and see what the average is.

The charging speed is faster if your truck is less than 80%. Over 80% it starts to slow way down. My Lightning mobile charger paperwork said I should get 14 mph and I do when it’s way down, however I’m using a “14-50 dryer outlet” temporarily connected to my hard wiring for the CSP. on a dedicated 100 amp circuit.

 

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The charging speed is faster if your truck is less than 80%. Over 80% it starts to slow way down. My Lightning mobile charger paperwork said I should get 14 mph and I do when it’s way down, however I’m using a “14-50 dryer outlet” temporarily connected to my hard wiring for the CSP. on a dedicated 100 amp circuit.

Um, 240v @ 32a should be 8kw. That pack should be able to take all of that all the way past 95% (8kw is not very much current).

 

[CDT]

Are you using a charging cable? Like Tesla provides with their cars.
Bigger batteries will need a wall charger of some kind. My M3 is fine with the provided cable and a 14-50 plug but my wife’s EQS will definitely need 48 amps or more due to the larger battery.
It also depends on how far you drive on a regular basis. The Mercedes only seems slow if we run the battery down to under 30%.

 

[Brew]

So far the Ford app is showing Energy as "0 kWh" after about 22 minutes. Is it just a matter of waiting for the truck to sort everything out and then it will charge faster, or is this an "it is what it is" kind of thing?

Do you have a charge limit set along with a departure time?

If the charging is programmed correctly, this is what should happen:
If you set it to not charge past 80%, for example, it'll just idle on the charger even though it's not delivering any juice if you're already at 80%.

Also, if you set it at 80% max charge but you also set it that you're going to leave at 8am, if you're only at something close to it, such as, 60% or 70% it might idle on the charger until a few hours before you're planning on leaving.

 

[Fishstyx]

For reference. This is a 47% charge between 43% and 90% using the travel charger off a 6-50 outlet in my garage. This outlet is wired for 50 amps and close to the panel so no problem delivering full 32 amps the travel charger wants. Added about 15 miles of range per hour. Lariat ER.

 

[cwstnsko]

If your dryer plug is a 240v 30a outlet, then are you adapting it to a 5-15 or a 14-50 to plug in the Ford Mobile Charger? Using with a 14-50 adapter should charge the truck at about 14 miles of range per hour of charging, at least until you blow the breaker, or burn the house down by overloading the circuit continuously for hours on end. To Safely charge on a 30a circuit you need an EVSE that can be set to 24a, which should charge the truck at about 10.5 miles per hour of charging.
If the adapter is adapting to a 5-15, then you will only get about 2 miles of ranger per hour.

 

[THEsocalledfan]

I'm averaging about 4-5 kwh pretty hour out of my dryer outlet. Plenty for me until FCSP installed.