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[chl]

According to the people that designed and built your truck the ONLY place you should connect any kind of charger or jump starter is under the passenger side frunk panel.

They put that remote connection point in for safety reasons, hydrogen gas can escape form that 12v battery when charging so you want to stay away from it as far as possible when connecting these items as a spark could set off a reaction that's not conducive to the health of man or machine. See Pic below for proper 12v battery charging connection.

Oh boy...unfortunately the designers of the truck put those jumper terminals in a very inconveniently located place where you have to open the frunk and remove a plastic cover every time you want to trickle charge your truck, which should be all the time when not in use for battery longevity...and they are made for attaching clamp-type jumper cables, not made for attaching a standard ring terminal wire.

So yes those are good for jumping another vehicle or your truck in an emergency, but not great for mounting a more convenient easy to access permanent wire for a trickle charger, although a at least one Lightning owner did mount one so he would not have to remove the plastic to trickle charge.

https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/threads/charging-12v-battery.16979/post-342839

Yes, don't be stupid and attach the wires with a trickle charger that is live in case your sealed battery has some flammable gas that vented.

Although many trickle chargers nowadays are "spark free," not all are.

And of course don't be careless if you are attaching a ring terminal and nut to the 6mm posts with a metal tool (wrench) so you don't accidentally cause a short!

And use a trickle charging cable with a fuse in case the wire gets damaged somehow.

If you mount an SAE socket like many people have done safely you could use something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQ3N1N6Z?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

While many Lightning owners have added a convenient trickle charger connection to their trucks without incident, if you are a complete klutz, have your local service station auto mechanic install it...they should be able to handle it.

See all the examples at this forum link:

https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/threads/charging-12v-battery.16979/#post-342839

Not rocket science.

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[RLXXI]

Oh boy...unfortunately the designers of the truck put those jumper terminals in a very inconveniently located place where you have to open the frunk and remove a plastic cover every time you want to trickle charge your truck, which should be all the time when not in use for battery longevity...and they are made for attaching clamp-type jumper cables, not made for attaching a standard ring terminal wire.

So yes those are good for jumping another vehicle or your truck in an emergency, but not great for mounting a more convenient easy to access permanent wire for a trickle charger, although a at least one Lightning owner did mount one so he would not have to remove the plastic to trickle charge.

https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/threads/charging-12v-battery.16979/post-342839

Yes, don't be stupid and attach the wires with a trickle charger that is live in case your sealed battery has some flammable gas that vented.

Although many trickle chargers nowadays are "spark free," not all are.

And of course don't be careless if you are attaching a ring terminal and nut to the 6mm posts with a metal tool (wrench) so you don't accidentally cause a short!

And use a trickle charging cable with a fuse in case the wire gets damaged somehow.

If you mount an SAE socket like many people have done safely you could use something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQ3N1N6Z?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

While many Lightning owners have added a convenient trickle charger connection to their trucks without incident, if you are a complete klutz, have your local service station auto mechanic install it...they should be able to handle it.

See all the examples at this forum link:

https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/threads/charging-12v-battery.16979/#post-342839

Not rocket science.

You do you and I'll do me. You've never seen a battery pop, I have several times.

 

[WXman]

Yep, it was in fact the cabin coolant heater, aka the auxiliary heater.

Obviously this was a warranty repair, but if not it looks like it would have cost roughly $1,500. Sigh...

 

[El Duderino]

Happy to hear your Lightning is fixed and Ford covered the bill.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Yep, it was in fact the cabin coolant heater, aka the auxiliary heater.

Obviously this was a warranty repair, but if not it looks like it would have cost roughly $1,500. Sigh...

Thanks for sharing the work order, here is the part in question.

https://www.tascaparts.com/oem-parts/ford-heater-assembly-auxiliary-rl3z18k463a
https://ford.oempartsonline.com/oem-parts/ford-heater-assembly-auxiliary-rl3z18k463a

This is the same part that a 2023 Lightning had replaced a while ago, as noted in this thread:
https://www.f150lightningforum.com/...g-lariat-heater-not-working.24326/post-492859

 

[chl]

You do you and I'll do me. You've never seen a battery pop, I have several times.

I must be doing something right I guess?
Never had a battery "pop."

 

[Rayden]

You do you and I'll do me. You've never seen a battery pop, I have several times.

Interestingly, I just heard this morning that a friend of mine was driving in his 2500 truck (don't know which one he has) and his battery blew up, crumpling the hood and catching the vehicle on fire. Ended up totaled. The responding firefighters asked him what kind of battery and he told them "Interstate." They said it was the 3rd Interstate battery fire they'd responded to in the last month or so.

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