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So, I'm using PPO to charge another vehicle at about 4kW....works fine...done it several times previously (and actually one of the reasons I bought the Lightning). But this time was different: worked fine for a few hours, but then I got a notice from the app saying I was approching the PPO reserve setting. Strange! The reserve setting was set to 10 miles! When I went to look at the truck I could see it was at 46%....nowhere NEAR the 10% setting! I let it go for awhile, and sure enough, PPO shut down. I went into the settings and ran the reserve setting way up, and then back to 10 miles. I restarted PPO but again, I got the low reserve warning and it shut down. I did this 4 times. I then started and stopped the truck trying to reset everything. But, the results were the same....PPO shut down. Hmmm, I again went to settings and this time set my reserve setting, instead of "Custom" and 10 miles to "nearest charging station". Fortunately the nearest is just 3 miles....and now it worked fine. It seems the " Custom " setting isn't seeing actual miles.
Anyone else have this problem? Is there a fix?
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I have had PPO shut down on reserve, but it was correctly. I am pretty sure it was set to a range.
 

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I thought the automatic shutdown timer would disable when you start PPOB, but maybe it's not or you accidently re-enabled the shut down timer?
 

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It has driven me crazy from day one that the PPOB cutoff is in miles/km and not battery %. Stupidest design ever.
 

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It has driven me crazy from day one that the PPOB cutoff is in miles/km and not battery %. Stupidest design ever.
Not at all. What is important is that you have enough reserve to get to a charging station - regardless of what percentage of battery that takes to get there. OK, granted the GOM is not exactly the most accurate thing...
 

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Not at all. What is important is that you have enough reserve to get to a charging station - regardless of what percentage of battery that takes to get there. OK, granted the GOM is not exactly the most accurate thing...
When perfect logic is thrown to the wind ..... LOL
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