Recent content by chl

I agree, the BMS can drift. But how did you measure your SOC? Are you relying on the truck to tell you the SOC? Lots of evidence that's not very accurate - batteries that needed replacing even though CarScanner or other OBD reading program said the "SOC" was fine. If you want to know for...

Not if it is already topped off and not under a significant load. If it was drained significantly, then it takes quite a while to top off for sure. The idea is to get it up there to 100%, then periodically turn on to keep it there, a float essentially...that's what the maintainers do.

Yes, to properly reset, I believe there is a threshold battery level needed, so another sign of needing a new battery I suspect.

Yes, $1200 is some expensive plastic...that could break again all too easily! I have a $500 deductible on my insurance so if a small chip like that ever happened to me, and there was no risk of water intrusion (check with a hose maybe?), then I'd just live with it.

I think the app gets it's info from the Ford server and so I think it was stale data from the server you were seeing at first.

Understatement of the day?

Phone as a key hack article form 2022: https://carbuzz.com/news/ford-f-150-lightning-is-vulnerable-to-hackers/

Note: it's a good idea to keep your key FOB wrapped in aluminum foil or other Faraday cage to lower the chance of some hacks. The phone as a key is another vulnerability. But so is the telemetrics in general, and the only way to avoid that is to disable the modem or telemetry modules of the...

For battery saver mode "deterrence," get a 12v battery maintainer with an AGM mode and use it daily, whenever the truck is parked, overnight, etc. The Frunk opening by itself has been an issue with Tesla's so I have read anyway, for a variety of reasons. Putting on my electrical engineer hat...

So many satellites now: https://satellitetracker3d.com/

The increase in fuel costs also hits the transportation needed to get them to the store, etc. A tangled web of inter-dependencies through the whole carbon based economy.

Just remember that calculation ignores the "hidden" or indirect costs economists call externalities, e.g., the harm to human health of air, water and land pollution, global warming, etc., which are way more costly to all of us than the price paid at the pump.

Makes me feel like Django, unchained and no longer a slave to big oil for transportation. (Not to make light of human slavery, a stain on the history of humanity)

Assuming it is just cosmetic... I'll be the outlier here probably but if it were mine, I'd either just live with it like it is or: 1) find some dark grey Gorilla tape to cover the chipped tooth look, or 2) get some body putty and form a piece that would fill the gap, sand it so it blends...

Yes. --- Start Accessory mode flash high beams 5 times step on brake pedal 3 times red battery icon on dash should flash 3 times --- Or before that, if you can after you run the desulfication process, let it settle for at least 1/2 hour, then test the battery if you have a battery...