My only thought on it would be to put a cable clamp on the vehicle side cable a few inches from the box as strain relief. Otherwise over time tugging on the charge cable will eventually loosen the box if all it is attached to is dry wall.
I've used those on various things. Amazing how strong they are. Not stud strong, of course, but pretty solid. And super easy to screw in.Best drywall anchors. They hold great and weight is not a problem.
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Why not just plug in the charger and get a visual on where it can/should hang, then pencil mark around it and put it where it wants to be?
That's what my electrician did.
Thanks, that is what I was planning to do but the pigtail will allow placement above or below the SEMA 14-50 outlet. I plan on mounting it below outlet unless somebody knows of a reason not to.
I’ve used them before too and they’re easy to use; just screw them into drywall and then attach bracket with screws. When I learned the weight of the charger unit was low these would be a perfect solution.
The biggest annoyance would be if the plug and outlet are inverted of where you want to install it. For example, if the ground pin is facing down in the outlet and up in the charger plug. Of course you can just flip the outlet if you wanted.
I don't think it matters. I'd just mount it wherever seems to put the least amount of stress on the pigtail.
You really don't want those electrons going downhill now do you? It might charge too fast.
That's a good point. From the picture, the grounding pin on the outlet is at the top. The Ford pigtail has the grounding pin at the end. So it would make sense to mount it below the outlet so that the pigtail doesn't have to bend, and you don't have to flip the outlet over.
That makes the most sense to me - now that the outlet is in, wait until you get the charger and plug it in to find the best spot for a mounting bracket. Especially since those heavy cords can be tricky to position.
Thanks. Funny you should mention the outlet being inverted as I told the electrician to mount it that way. I had to open up the box and switch it when I saw Ford’s installation instructions which was no big deal. The outlet is mounted on the front wall of the garage and the MME will be parked on that side so no tripping at all on cord (we do have a freezer to the left so will have to be sure cord is on the ground under the door when in use; concrete on garage floor is raised about 8 inches from the rest of floor so NO water from snow or ice melting when the car is pulled in during the winter or shock hazard as it’s always dry on the 4 foot ledge). Also, I have each stall in the garage covered with a 1/2 inch sheet of a type of rubber garage floor corrugated mat so I don’t think I’d be a ground (hence the code for a GFCI breaker in the electric panel if that should accidentally happen). Unlike the hard wired Ford Connect charger which has internal GFCI protection, the mobile charger doesn’t have this. I’ve read one should always unwind the entire length of charging cord because of heat; is that true? It sure would be easier to leave the unused portion of the cord on the hanger because the run to the change port on MME will only be about 8 or 9 feet. I plan to store the cord on the hanger very loosely with cord dropping down about a foot or two from ledge floor. By code the charger is mounted well above the front bumper and falls in the range Ford recommends and code insists on.
What is a cable clamp? From the picture of the bracket it looks like there is a stress reliever the charge cord must go through. Would a cable clamp be akin to the clamps used to fasten conduit to wood but in this case drywall? Plus the run to charging port is only 8 or 9 feet so there would be no strain on cord anyway (I think they’re 20 feet long).
Agree.
