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can you provide a link to where you purchased your adapter?

I’ve tried extending the charge time window along with lower the desired SOC, and then I’ve tried removing the departure time as well and basically any scenario where the truck is not charged to the desired amount set, and a charge window is set for it to wait to charge, it just continues to...

So I’ve had my lariat 511A for over a year and a half now, I’ve got over 31k miles on it and have done 99% of my charging at home with the FORD charge station pro. I recently started a new job traveling about 5 hours each day so I’m needing my truck to be as close to 100% as possible by my...

Two questions: 1. Has anyone confirmed if solar production can occur when the grid is down and the truck is providing power to the house? 2. If solar production can occur during outages while the truck is plugged in, does excess power not utilized by critical loads in the house, get supplied...

I’ve noticed with my pro charger, if I set a preferred charging time of say 4 AM for example and want the truck to charge to 100% by 7 AM from 70% (say for a long drive), the charger blue light flashes every few seconds and I heard the “clicking” sound that I typically hear when I first plug in...

My brother in law had a “service vehicle soon” notification with reduced power to 20% and “pull over safely/don’t drive” message occur twice in one day on his 2022 511A lightning. He unplugged 12 volt battery once before when this message occurred and it seemed to drive fine for about a month...

the tracking of efficiency is still accurate, the hours and mileage for the trip 2 have limited digits to less than 10,000 on the miles so that portion and the hour tracking just roll back over to 0 and start counting again but the efficiency I don’t believe resets.

What’s the average price of gas in your area you purchase for your power post? I’m not aware if Ford recommends premium fuel for the power boost engines. Also you could anticipate increased fuel costs with the conflict in the Middle East so your fuel costs will likely increase over the next year...

I bought the NOCO GBX55 back in the summer to help a friend who had a bad alternator on a Toyota Highlander while our families were on a trip together. We replaced the alternator but still needed a way to jump the battery to start the car, I didn’t have jumper cables but wanted a jump box like...

I agree that what I’ve seen from the Silverado EV so far is that it is shockingly inefficient for a “ground up EV truck”. I’m certain the weight is the issue and I know it will ultimately have more range than the ER lightning. But I drove 220 miles today, 200 of which was at 55-60 mph (100 mile...

My experience is that if outside temp is below what you set the cabin thermostat to, even if it’s just 1 degree. For example, it can be 73 degrees outside, and if I set the inside cabin temp to 74 on auto, the truck will use the heat to get the cabin warmer. This is most often noticed on morning...

These trucks are more efficient than they should be in my opinion.

This is exactly right, my charge station pro is set to 80 amps and based on the ford pass app, it delivers 17.3 kw per hour of charging and displays a 17 kw charge rate. I have a sense monitor on my service panel and I can verify that when the truck is charging it is drawing 19,000 watts so...

The truck manual says the high voltage battery will charge the 12 volt battery when the truck is off. I’m actually not sure it even charges the 12 volt when running because once the truck is on, the dc to dc converter uses the HVB power to power the 12 volt accessories.

There's a video (approx Summer of 2022) with Tom Moloughney (Inside EV's/State of Charge YouTuber) interviewing Darren Palmer (I think the VP of EV's for FORD), and they were talking about the Lightning warranty, and I remember Darren specifically telling Tom that the warranty is designed to...

This is very helpful. The Noco GBX55 that I posted a picture of at the start of the thread has a peak current rating of 1750 amps which should be more than enough to handle that inrush current and much more. It also has a 46 watt hour lithium ion battery which may prove useful if needing to...

Based on the EPA range rating of 450 miles and the media’s speculation that it has a 212 kwh useable capacity, that would indicate the truck averages close to 2.1 mi/kwh, and even at 500 miles of range like the engineer said, that comes out to be slightly less than 2.4 mi/kwh. The Lightning’s...

I was just trying to say that obviously there’s no engine component that requires cranking and turning over to get started, so the only thing to provide power to is whatever the truck needs to go into its “ready to drive mode”. Yes I agree its the same thing, I’m just really interested in...

I think we all agree that using another vehicle via jumper cables or using a jump box is not “starting” the lightning but rather providing the necessary wattage required to initiate the boot up sequence of the software as well as close the high voltage contactors to allow it to begin supplying...

Why does FORD have a “Jump Starting the Vehicle” section in the manual if you are not jumping the battery but charging it?