The Ford Lightning Miscellaneous Question and Answer Thread

[arod412]

The system might have run for 10-20 minutes in the middle of the night to slightly bump the battery temperature, just enough to get you back to 100% energy available to the motors.

I wish there was a way to get the official response from ford. I don’t track all of my charging sessions, but one time I left it plugged in overnight to 80% charge (started it around 60% because I had. Longer drive the next day). Then I jumped in next morning and launched the car scanner app, and battery was at 27 degrees Fahrenheit.

the only way I know that it wlll 100% warm up the battery is by preconditioning it using the client button on the app. Plugging it in and leaving after fully charging it doesn’t make a difference after hitting your fully charged status. It will keep the battery warm when charging it obviously

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[K6CCC]

but one time I left it plugged in overnight to 80% charge (started it around 60% because I had. Longer drive the next day). Then I jumped in next morning and launched the car scanner app, and battery was at 27 degrees Fahrenheit.

If it took all night to get from 60 to 80 percent, I assume it was L1 charging. If I remember right, the battery is not heated when on L1 charging. The heating would take far more power than L1 charging can deliver.

 

[arod412]

If it took all night to get from 60 to 80 percent, I assume it was L1 charging. If I remember right, the battery is not heated when on L1 charging. The heating would take far more power than L1 charging can deliver.

Nope…all level 2 charging at home.
It took roughly 2 hours to charge to get to my 80%. Battery temp was a good 52 degrees when charging From 8pm to roughly 10pm. So it sat overnight from 10pm to about 7 am next morning completely plugged in. Battery temp did drop that time to 27 degrees. I was hoping that it would have kept it a little warmer after it finished charging but it didn’t.

just having it plugged in and not charging doesn’t keep the battery warm…like I hoped it would, but at least I know only way to warm it up is by hitting that climate button or setting my departure time.

 

[PJnc284]

Nope…all level 2 charging at home.
It took roughly 2 hours to charge to get to my 80%. Battery temp was a good 52 degrees when charging From 8pm to roughly 10pm. So it sat overnight from 10pm to about 7 am next morning completely plugged in. Battery temp did drop that time to 27 degrees. I was hoping that it would have kept it a little warmer after it finished charging but it didn’t.

just having it plugged in and not charging doesn’t keep the battery warm…like I hoped it would, but at least I know only way to warm it up is by hitting that climate button or setting my departure time.

There is certainly a threshold where it will warm the battery. @TaxmanHog has this documented in another thread. The lower limit is still a mystery. I even saw it happen during the year I used the Mobile Cord plugged into 120V but obviously it wasn't getting anywhere.

 

[K6CCC]

Nope…all level 2 charging at home.
It took roughly 2 hours to charge to get to my 80%. Battery temp was a good 52 degrees when charging From 8pm to roughly 10pm. So it sat overnight from 10pm to about 7 am next morning completely plugged in. Battery temp did drop that time to 27 degrees. I was hoping that it would have kept it a little warmer after it finished charging but it didn’t.

Got it. It must be cold where you are. It was cold by our standards overnight - last night it got down to 48.2 at my house and tomorrow night it's supposed to get down to 39. I need to leave early Friday morning so setting a departure time...

 

[arod412]

Got it. It must be cold where you are. It was cold by our standards overnight - last night it got down to 48.2 at my house and tomorrow night it's supposed to get down to 39. I need to leave early Friday morning so setting a departure time...

Yup…departure time and climate buttons are the only thing I can see that triggers preconditioning.

having it plugged in (and not charging) in doesn’t precondition the battery…but I can work around it. The thought was that leaving it plugged in L2 charging) keeps it warm during a recent snowstorm.

but all good and love the tech once you figure out how it works.

 

[TaxmanHog]

PASSIVE conditioning occurs at unpredictable and random times, at temps below freezing.

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