Plugging in to keep battery cool at public stations

[Boselka]

Okay so I have been reading a lot about this to see what is best to do when temperatures are now in my area regularly over 105°. I know that the Mach-E won't active cool unless running or plugged in, and it is getting very hot here north of Dallas. I currently have been parking in the shade at work, with a windshield sunshade and we have very high-quality ceramic tint. But I am in a concrete jungle depending on buildings for shade in the afternoon. I also have departure setting for when I leave work on but not set to cool the interior so that all of that effort can go to batter pre-conditioning. So I have a question for the group as I have options, my question is what is better:

• Continue as I have been and temperatures up to 110º is not to bad as the car is never over 80% Charged at work, and the efforts I have done is okay to limit the degradation of the battery.
• The other option is there are very affordable Charge Point Level 2 chargers 2 blocks from my office that are new, and not used often. But they are in the sun and if I park there after I come back from lunch that means that yes the car is on shore power to cool the battery as needed but I am taking up 1 of 4 public chargers within a 5 mile radius blocking it from everyone else.

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[Blue highway]

What is best to do and what is practical to do are not exactly the same.

I assume it hits 100 plus in the afternoon, but its cooler in the AM when you arrive at work.

If I could, I'd park in the shade, if no shade is available, I'd not worry about it.

 

[generaltso]

• The other option is there are very affordable Charge Point Level 2 chargers 2 blocks from my office that are new, and not used often. But they are in the sun and if I park there after I come back from lunch that means that yes the car is on shore power to cool the battery as needed but I am taking up 1 of 4 public chargers within a 5 mile radius blocking it from everyone else.

Do you mean you would leave your car plugged into a public charging station just for cooling, and not actively charging the battery? You definitely should not do that.

Don't overthink it. Your car will be fine.

 

[Boselka]

Do you mean you would leave your car plugged into a public charging station just for cooling, and not actively charging the battery? You definitely should not do that.

Don't overthink it. Your car will be fine.

Correct I mean plug up with the charge settings at 80% so it does not charge past that and then just keeps the battery cool.

 

[generaltso]

Correct I mean plug up with the charge settings at 80% so it does not charge past that and then just keeps the battery cool.

Please do not do that.

 

[Boselka]

Please do not do that.

Yeah that was my thought as well, I mean I don't want any battery degradation. But I don't want to be "THAT GUY" LOL that blocks a charger that someone could use... LOL Just needed a public thought expirament, as I was feeling "Am I overthinking this??? Should I not be worried????"

 

[kltye]

Yeah that was my thought as well, I mean I don't want any battery degradation. But I don't want to be "THAT GUY" LOL that blocks a charger that someone could use... LOL Just needed a public thought expirament, as I was feeling "Am I overthinking this??? Should I not be worried????"

One way to avoid being THAT GUY is to leave a note on your car of some sort saying to message you or call you if they need to charge. I know some here are of the opinion that no one should "block" a charge ever, but I think a possible middle ground might work. I know the pain of public charging, believe me - it's the only way I charge, but I would be grateful if someone had a note on their car.

 

[Mach-Lee]

If only Ford had an option to cool the battery off plug…

 

[generaltso]

One way to avoid being THAT GUY is to leave a note on your car of some sort saying to message you or call you if they need to charge. I know some here are of the opinion that no one should "block" a charge ever, but I think a possible middle ground might work. I know the pain of public charging, believe me - it's the only way I charge, but I would be grateful if someone had a note on their car.

Or just not block the charger if you're not charging.

 

[RickMachE]

Yeah that was my thought as well, I mean I don't want any battery degradation. But I don't want to be "THAT GUY" LOL that blocks a charger that someone could use... LOL Just needed a public thought expirament, as I was feeling "Am I overthinking this??? Should I not be worried????"

Yes, you are overthinking this. You should simply park the car, then remote start to go home so your cabin is cooled.

Parking at a level 2 charger and not charging for hours doesn't make you "that guy". "That guy" sits idle for 30 minutes. You would be inviting vandalism, for being an a-$ole. Much more than "that guy".

Most level 2 chargers will end the session and you would not be able to restart remotely anyway. Hopefully they would charge a person like that huge idle fees, or the owner of the property towing the car.

Please don't do this.

 

[Blue highway]

One way to avoid being THAT GUY is to leave a note on your car of some sort saying to message you or call you if they need to charge. I know some here are of the opinion that no one should "block" a charge ever, but I think a possible middle ground might work. I know the pain of public charging, believe me - it's the only way I charge, but I would be grateful if someone had a note on their car.

leaving a note on your car while you are blocking a charger but not charging.... makes you that guy... sorry.

 

[AEGinMD]

I can't/won't add to this string on topic, but I really want to know is where did Boselka find the cool Pride Pony??

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