As mentioned previously - take your charger elsewhere and plug it in at a known good location. Preferably at your Ford dealer as if it is bad you can get it replaced under warranty while there (at least ordered.)
Why? The neutral and ground buses are bonded. They are the same. The white wire is perfectly fine where it is. See the bonding strap?you really should check between L1-N and N-L2 for 12v, and then L1-L2 for 240v.
But if I were you, and you have the panel open still, before you bring your charger to some other outlet somewhere.... vacuum out the wood chips, and just TRY moving the white wire to the Neutral bus.
Yes sure. While I consider my self a DIYer I will not make any changes to this one. I Will only call with electrician. I just cleaned the debree. ThanksWhy? The neutral and ground buses are bonded. They are the same. The white wire is perfectly fine where it is. See the bonding strap?
I would strongly discourage anyone who hasn't been trained from moving wires around in their electrical panel. It is very easy for a wire to fling and touch something it shouldn't and create a giant arc flash or electrocute someone. The lugs at the bottom are always live.
OP, if you have a multimeter you can check the resistance of the thermistor in the plug head. Hook up meter as shown, match polarity of the leads (there is a diode involved). At room temperature it should read around 30k ohms. If it gets hot or there’s a problem with the thermistor, it will read about 26k or less (which would trigger the amber light).
I opened my Grizzl-e and the neutral wire is cut where it comes into the EVSE from the 14-50 plug. No resistor or anything. The ground is connected, however.
Just checkedOP, if you have a multimeter you can check the resistance of the thermistor in the plug head. Hook up meter as shown, match polarity of the leads (there is a diode involved). At room temperature it should read around 30k ohms. If it gets hot or there’s a problem with the thermistor, it will read about 26k or less (which would trigger the amber light).
Leads are backwards, try the other way. It will always read 31.4k in that orientation regardless of temp.Just checked
Interesting, it’s the same both ways. That could be a problem with the diode. If you want to pursue further you can try the diode test (arrow setting by the word “ON” on your meter). Forwards I get 0.52V reverse I get 1.35V.
great infoOP, if you have a multimeter you can check the resistance of the thermistor in the plug head. Hook up meter as shown, match polarity of the leads (there is a diode involved). At room temperature it should read around 30k ohms. If it gets hot or there’s a problem with the thermistor, it will read about 26k or less (which would trigger the amber light).
