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I'm trying to use the Portable Ford Charger to charge a Mach-e from my Lightning - XLT. The adapter states to limit Amperage to 24 amps and I thought this was a setting on the Lightning but I don't see anything. I checked on the Mach-e for input limit and again nothing there and the Ford charger itself doesn't appear to have any kind of way to adjust the amps.

So my question is this, am I missing a setting on either the Lightning, Mach-e or charger to adjust this or as a last resort is there a portable charger you can recommend that is either limited to 24 amps or can be adjusted to 24 amps.
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The Ford Mobile charger should stay just under the threshold that trips the pro power breaker if I'm not mistaken.

There is no setting to control/limit rate.
 

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You have to use the mobile charger that came with the Lightning, not the one that came with the Mach-E (or at least switch plugs).

There is no control of the charging rates in either vehicle nor on the charger itself.
 

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I think @RickLightning has mentioned this before. IIRC the mobile charger that comes with the Lightning is a 30A charger that allows it to use the 30A bed outlet. The charger that came with the Mach-E is 32A and would trip the ProPower.

And agreeing with @Firn - the charger is the same, but there is something in each plug that tells the charger either 120V (so 12A max) or 240V (30 or 32A max). Again, going off memory here.
 
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Ya, I have that and it trips the lightning saying max capacity of the bed outlets was exceeded.
 

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I didn't realize the portable chargers were different. I'm sure the ones I have are for the Mach-e, is there a specific part number for the Lightning charger?
 

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I believe it's the plug-in dongle that's different, see post 4. Those are likely different part numbers, not the charger.
 
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I think @RickLightning has mentioned this before. IIRC the mobile charger that comes with the Lightning is a 30A charger that allows it to use the 30A bed outlet. The charger that came with the Mach-E is 32A and would trip the ProPower.

And agreeing with @Firn - the charger is the same, but there is something in each plug that tells the charger either 120V (so 12A max) or 240V (30 or 32A max). Again, going off memory here.
That jives with my memory.

Iirc the Lightning plug has an orange or yellow ring on it to indicate the lower 30a charge rate.
 

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Ah, perfect. Thank you!
 

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And a short video (<4 min) that shows close-up of the two connectors/adapters and manufacturer part numbers.
Additionally he shows (as shown in Rick's post above) that the Lightning connector has a smaller diameter cable since it is spec'd at 30 amps. The Mach-E connector has a thicker cable since it is spec'd for 40A (but delivers 32).

Have to watch on YT.
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