Question about 30 amp charging cable kit.

[DBN66]

When I bought my 2023 in February ‘24, it came with the charging cable kit in the black carry bag. It contained the cable with the truck plug on one end and the box on the other end that you plug the pigtails into, 110v or 220v. And it came with THREE pigtails. One for 110v and two for 220v, and I could swear one of them had a generator plug on it. I haven’t needed it because I had the Charge Station Pro installed in my garage. I loaned the kit to a friend and it came back without the generator plug pigtail. Would someone please confirm that I’m not crazy? I can’t find it online.

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[jamelski]

You friends took your shat not cool. Yes it comes with it

 

[bmwhitetx]

My '22 came with two pigtails, 120V and 240V. See here and here. I've never heard of three pigtails. Some owners did receive a Parkworld yellow adapter that allowed them to plug the 240V pigtail into the 240V round bed outlet. That adapter is also available in a cord style. This adapter allows you to charge another EV with Pro Power and your mobile charger.

Parkworld 691944: L14-30P Male to 14-50R Female

 

[Firn]

When I bought my 2023 in February ‘24, it came with the charging cable kit in the black carry bag. It contained the cable with the truck plug on one end and the box on the other end that you plug the pigtails into, 110v or 220v. And it came with THREE pigtails. One for 110v and two for 220v, and I could swear one of them had a generator plug on it. I haven’t needed it because I had the Charge Station Pro installed in my garage. I loaned the kit to a friend and it came back without the generator plug pigtail. Would someone please confirm that I’m not crazy? I can’t find it online.

My 23 was purchased in 24 and came with the mobile charger, but two pigtails.

The only pigtails I have ever heard working with the Ford mobile charger are the 110v, the 14-50 220v 30a, and the 14-50 220v 32a from the Mach-e. You can also trick it by giving it 220v on the 110v plug and you get 220v 12a which charges almost 3 times faster than 110v 12a.

Even though it is just a rebranded webasto go, the webasto pigtails don't work on it.

 

[chl]

My 2023 Pro: the Ford Mobile Power Cord (FMPC) came with 2 dongles (120V and 240V) and an adapter to use with the bed ProPowerOnBoard (PPOB) 240V outlet to plug it in there to charge Teslas or other EVs.

The FMPC is made by Webasto, set to 30A (not the 32A noted on the back - derated for the Lightning) and there have been some issues with it failing when used for everyday charging - check the threads

 

[Rayden]

I bought my truck used, but it only had the 2 pigtails with the mobile charger.

 

[Adventureboy]

2 pigtails - 120v (5-15p) and 240v (14-50p) are the only two I have. I think the yellow locking adapter was only supplied with 2022 MY.

 

[RLXXI]

Mine came with two pigtails, 110 & 240. Nothing else.

@DBN66 EDIT: I fear I have once again fallen victim to old age memory, was digging around the frunk when I got home and found this. I assume this is what you're speaking of?

 

[K6CCC]

2 pigtails - 120v (5-15p) and 240v (14-50p) are the only two I have. I think the yellow locking adapter was only supplied with 2022 MY.

My 24 Flash came with the two pigtails and the yellow twistlock adapter. The adapter was in a separate package and did not notice it initially.

 

[hturnerfamily]

I think new owners sometimes get confused, or maybe simply have an initial understanding of something that is not necessarily the case: Included EVSE, and Adapters, if any.

- many original LIGHTNINGs came with the Ford Mobile EVSE 30amp charging unit, and with both a 120v adapter, for slow charging via a 'normal' everyday household outlet, and the 240v adapter, for faster charging, from a more robust, but also quite common, NEMA 14-50 outlet.

and that was it.

- some later owners started to say that they were also finding an additional Adapter: a Twist-Lock 240v 30amp to Nema 14-50, which apparently Ford started throwing in with some orders(only those with 9.6kw ProPower option), but maybe not all. It's simply an adapter that uses the rear 240v outlet to provide a Nema 14-50 outlet that most EV charge units use as their common male plug. Yes, to maybe use to plug a EVSE unit into to provide charging for another EV, but also simply to make it into a more common outlet for whole-home power, etc.


in the end, ALL of these units and adapters are simply off-the-shelf items that can be easily purchased almost anywhere and everywhere online or at hardware stores or at RV supply stores, etc. They are NOT needing to be Ford specific, and any adapter of the same wiring scheme will work exactly the same, Ford or not. Also, any 240v EVSE will work - you don't 'have' to use a Ford EVSE product. Ford offers these as part of your purchase, if you wish, but they are typically overpriced for what you get - buying a generic ADJUSTABLE EVSE might even be a better choice, and at 1/2 the price.

 

[hturnerfamily]

...some of us original owners may also have received a FREE Nacs-CCS Adapter, for fast charging at Superchargers.... but not all owners might have. Regardless, you can buy one yourself in several different places, or used/never-used ones available right here on this forum.

 

[RLXXI]

My 24 Flash came with the two pigtails and the yellow twistlock adapter. The adapter was in a separate package and did not notice it initially.

Noticed that today when I got home, was digging around and found the twist lock by itself in it's own little bag.

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