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It doesn't help that the whole industry is so far from mature. If the stations had proper real time status updates somewhere, on a screen or app or communicated to the truck when you plug in or something, they could flash a big warning that the station is delivering way less than the truck is...

People have come up with a 3D printed bit to help with this. Of course it won't stop someone determined (or with the right tool) but should slow down casual thieves. 3D printed adapter lock

LOL someone posted that while you were typing your reply ? Anyway, bottom line, 1) the Lightning will never get anywhere near the 350 kW advertised by EA because it's limited by charging current and low battery voltage, and 2) there was something wrong with the station for the OP I think...

kWh is a quantity. kW is a rate. They are not interchangeable. EA chargers have active cooling on the cables. If that fails so the cables have no cooling, they drop down to 35ish kW maximum as a fail safe. Sounds like that's what happened to you. Maybe a different charger at the same location...

Guess you will have to change your user name ?

Heater is probably only a couple of kW average, while propulsion takes 30-40 ish kW. I think most people underestimate just how much wind affects efficiency at highway speeds. Even a light head or cross wind makes a big difference.

I have a similar "dumb" charger from Sun Country and my schedule works fine. The ability to schedule charges is inextricably linked to Locations. So you should create a charging location next time you are in the truck at that location. Setting up the schedule in the truck via the Charge Settings...

Having independent control of Pro Power from the app is kind of a no brainer feature, really. It really is puzzling how bad they are at software

It is a little more efficient, but surprisingly not as much as you might think. For example: https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/threads/generator-charging-efficiency.15363/post-314870 You wouldn't do that regularly. At least I would hope not. But in a pinch it's good to have that option...

Bottom line, EVs are more versatile than ICE, not less. You can come up with disaster scenarios where gas might be better, but I believe on average, being able to charge from gas generator or grid/off grid power is an advantage.

For me it works 100% if the doors are unlocked. But there are very common scenarios where I want to close the frunk without unlocking the doors first. Maybe going to return the shopping cart, maybe just dropping some stuff in the truck and going to a different store, etc. I am slowly training...

Would sure be great if it would let you close the frunk with the button even if the doors are locked

Lots of good "cautions" mentioned by various people here, but not sure all of them apply. I live near the OP and I will say the Lightning works pretty well around here. Major highways are pretty flat for the most part, so elevation isn't an issue. Unless you're skiing up at Powder King, but they...

If it's the exact same width of wheel and tire, then a 0 offset would have the outside edge 40 mm farther out than stock, or 1.575". If it's a wider wheel/tire, then 0 offset would push the outside edge out further. Could be 2". If it's a narrower wheel/tire, then 0 offset would push it out...

My $0.02. I watched a charge in -20 C last winter. The battery heater did run full bore (8 or 9 kW) for 15 minutes or so until the battery temperature reached about +19 C. So that amount of charge current was going to heating rather than directly to the battery. *But* if I had been able to...

Go to the Connected Services page on the Ford website, then paste &keyName=chargeradapterstatus at the end of the URL.

Canada order 11xxx now shows November, which may finally be accurate. Last info from Ford was a reply from Ford Canada charging support people who said they were hoping for a shipment in late October and they would be sent out from there. We shall see

The Lightning has a bonded neutral which cannot be disconnected, officially. You would have to build a cable with no ground connection, which may have its own safety issues.

I'll tell you what's disappointing... 7 months and still not a single Canadian customer is officially able to use Superchargers. Yes, third party adapters work, but they're not approved, so if anything breaks you would be on the hook for damage to the truck or charger. Obviously that's a risk...

I don't think that transfer switch switches the neutral. The truck will see the neutral-ground bond at the main panel as a ground fault and will not supply power. The Lightning is picky about this and needs a transfer switch that also switches the neutral. And then some inspectors will complain...