Every receptacle is a potential charging station...

[SpaceEVDriver]

Do you have pictures of how you ran the charger cable through everything?

No. I'll try to grab some photos, but it'll be at least a day.

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[SpaceEVDriver]

Do you have pictures of how you ran the charger cable through everything?

Apologies for the delay. Hope these photos help.

I used a yellow extension cord to illustrate because my EVSE cords are all black and the contrast isn’t great.

Here you can just see the red of the 12V battery positive cover on the left edge of the image. The cable can run in multiple directions. I have chosen to send it over the steering bar so it protects any delicate components.

Here’s an image of a different run, mostly so you can see the ground outside the truck. There’s lots of space to slip the J1772 connector through.

And finally, here’s what you can see from outside the vehicle.

 

[hturnerfamily]

I recently used a regular exterior 'cabin resort' outlet to charge the truck while I was there a few days... actually forgot the first day, but since I was at 50%, it wan't the biggest need in the world, but it just limited the amount of DCFC I would next 600 miles...

by the way, the first night of charging, around 8pm, the lights suddenly went out - the CABIN RESORT electricity, I mean... of course, I feared that it was the truck's amperage draw, and I had no access to the owner's Main Panel, even if it was... turns out it was the whole mountain area, maybe 300+ meters in the general area, according to the local EMC's website.... I then knew it wasn't 'just me'... the generators running in the distance told me, too....

so, while the website said that they were 'sending a crew' to work on it, and even my cabin owner sent me a message saying the same, I took care of my immediate needs with the truck: TV, Internet, FAN, and, of course, making more COFFEE!

I'm glad I brought several stout, long extension cords. : ) 12:30am I awoke to the ceiling fan above me making it's normal 'skitch da skitch da skitch da' racket while it rotated - power now restored.

 

[hturnerfamily]

and, along those same lines, and because rain was likely, and wanting to 'close' all windows and doors and the tailgate, I used the FRUNK outlet. Amazingly, you can close the HOOD, manually, down to almost closed, and still have an extension cord coming out... the hood will stay where you leave it. A nice easy option.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

and, along those same lines, and because rain was likely, and wanting to 'close' all windows and doors and the tailgate, I used the FRUNK outlet. Amazingly, you can close the HOOD, manually, down to almost closed, and still have an extension cord coming out... the hood will stay where you leave it. A nice easy option.

I close the frunk hood entirely over the extension cord by pressing the close button. It doesn’t pinch the cord that much because of the rather large rubber compression seals. Just make sure you route it between the little fins and away from the lock mechanism.

 

[doggod]

And there’s no reason the earlier models couldn’t have it. It’s built in to all EVs, just needs to be exposed to the UI.

not shown on my 2023. only way to change it is in the charge station pro settings and that does not work.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

not shown on my 2023. only way to change it is in the charge station pro settings and that does not work.

Nor on my 2023. And my Charge Station Pro stopped accepting changes to charge rate, so its been relegated to outdoor duty and replaced with an Emporia with Vue 3 so I can feed excess solar to the truck instead of pulling 80A when I don’t need it.

 

[Newton]

People at work are constantly asking why they won’t put a bunch of 120v receptacles in the parking lot… “you can tap into the parking lot lights”… sure one EV might be able to charge off that circuit but there are over 100 registered EVs at work. Circuit can’t take that.

Why not? Each car would be only 1400W. That is not a lot if your primary feed to the lights is 480V - but it all depends of course. If you have 100s of registered EVs at the current EV/ICE ratio in the USA, your parking lot is going to have several circuits and they won’t be small.

One thing that is overlooked is that with the switch to LED lighting there is a heck of a lot of extra capacity in lighting circuits. Replacing a 100W lightbulb with an equivalent LED reduces the load to 14 Watts.

 

[doggod]

Nor on my 2023. And my Charge Station Pro stopped accepting changes to charge rate, so its been relegated to outdoor duty and replaced with an Emporia with Vue 3 so I can feed excess solar to the truck instead of pulling 80A when I don’t need it.

I have to open the chaRGE station and change it manually with the internal switch. so I just set it to the lowest setting and charge it slowly. this has made my choice of Tesla Cybertruck so much easier, also free supercharging for life made me get the cybertruck. will give e the lightning to my daughter and her boyfriend when they get his citizenship approval and can move to USA from England. my daughter has dual citizenship in England and USA.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I have to open the chaRGE station and change it manually with the internal switch. so I just set it to the lowest setting and charge it slowly. this has made my choice of Tesla Cybertruck so much easier, also free supercharging for life made me get the cybertruck. will give e the lightning to my daughter and her boyfriend when they get his citizenship approval and can move to USA from England. my daughter has dual citizenship in England and USA.

I use my Lightning for too many truck duties to have even considered the CT. That, many other reasons, and only a $500 cost for a different charger certainly meets my needs better than a pricey CT ever could.

 

[doggod]

I use my Lightning for too many truck duties to have even considered the CT. That, many other reasons, and only a $500 cost for a different charger certainly meets my needs better than a pricey CT ever could.

it also came with free FSD and premium connectivity for life. software is so much better than Ford and more charging options around me. plug and charge is like 3 second handshake and charging starts. plug is smaller and lighter for my wife to use. the Tesla has a lot of off-road settings along with more on-road setting. also has service mode I can see all the settings service people see. I do miss the step in the tailgate. now it has GROK and can weigh the payload.

 

[MidAtlanticLightningClub]

On yet another road trip. I didn’t have a choice of hotels this time, so I couldn’t choose one with an L2 charger. No big deal, I figured I’d just charge before I hit the road home.

When I pulled into the parking spot near my room, I noticed that there was a bank of 120V receptacles along the wall. I decided to ask if I could plug in the truck. The desk manager called the owner and the owner said that was fine.

So here we are. I’m here for 34-ish hours and am unlikely to drive anywhere during that time. That translates to about 37 kWh of charge, or 28%. Some people would refuse to charge because it’s “not fast enough.” But 37 kWh is 37 kWh, and my truck doesn’t care if it sips it or gulps it.

Note: I run the extension cord into the frunk where the mobile charger is hidden. I run the J1772 plug out from the LVB panel and through the wheel well so the EVSE isn’t visible to passersby.

I’ve had similar opportunities to charge my Mach E in parking lots or garages. I lay out the charging cord and drive over it so the truck secures the EVSE.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

it also came with free FSD and premium connectivity for life. software is so much better than Ford and more charging options around me. plug and charge is like 3 second handshake and charging starts. plug is smaller and lighter for my wife to use. the Tesla has a lot of off-road settings along with more on-road setting. also has service ice mode I can see all the settings service people see. I do miss the step in the tailgate. now it has GROK and can weigh the payload.

LOL. To each their own.

Nearly everything you mentioned are things I wouldn’t want within 1000 meters of my truck.

 

[21st Century Truck]

Electricity is electricity. When in a desert, any glass of water is a good thing. ...and electricity is pretty much everywhere, albeit at varying voltages and amperes, so why not make use of it?

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