Best home chargers of 2024 - review by State Of Charge

[ChasingCoral]

New video from Tom Moloughney

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[AliRafiee]

Give me the cliff notes.

I want whichever this one is. It charged fast.

 

[hack-e]

It's only April. Seems a tad early.

 

[Snakebitten]

Emporia

Value equation has held up yet again.

 

[Mattp160]

Emporia

Value equation has held up yet again.

Just inside installed one in my shop last week. Hardwired it to the panel too.
Have not had any issues.

 

[hack-e]

Just inside installed one in my shop last week. Hardwired it to the panel too.
Have not had any issues.

Could you do me s favor and go into the Emporia app and report here the firmware version you have in your Emporia?

A few of us have an occasional fault reported from the car at the end of a charge session that Mach-Lee helped me track down to the Emporia not stopping charging within the required 3 seconds by the J1772 standard. It usually stops within 2.3 seconds but about 10% of the time it stops at about 3.8 seconds, which is over the spec and the Mach-E reports that as a Charge Station Fault.

I would like to know if your recently purchased Emporia has newer firmware that might fix the issue. Mine has version EVCharger-467 as reported in the app under EVCharger Info.

I really like the Emporia otherwise and actually plan to buy a 2nd one for the opposite side of my garage in a year when my wife plans to transition from ICE to EV. But if Emporia doesn't fix this issue, I might have to go with a different vendor.

The fault isn't a huge problem because it happens at the end of the charge when the car reaches my set limit of 80%. It only causes a problem if after I've reached the 80% and it faulted, if I then wanted to use the FordPass app to remotely restart charging to go higher, I can't. Instead I'd have to physically walk to the car to unplug and replug in to clear the fault first.

 

[Mattp160]

Could you do me s favor and go into the Emporia app and report here the firmware version you have in your Emporia?

A few of us have an occasional fault reported from the car at the end of a charge session that Mach-Lee helped me track down to the Emporia not stopping charging within the required 3 seconds by the J1772 standard. It usually stops within 2.3 seconds but about 10% of the time it stops at about 3.8 seconds, which is over the spec and the Mach-E reports that as a Charge Station Fault.

I would like to know if your recently purchased Emporia has newer firmware that might fix the issue. Mine has version EVCharger-467 as reported in the app under EVCharger Info.

I really like the Emporia otherwise and actually plan to buy a 2nd one for the opposite side of my garage in a year when my wife plans to transition from ICE to EV. But if Emporia doesn't fix this issue, I might have to go with a different vendor.

The fault isn't a huge problem because it happens at the end of the charge when the car reaches my set limit of 80%. It only causes a problem if after I've reached the 80% and it faulted, if I then wanted to use the FordPass app to remotely restart charging to go higher, I can't. Instead I'd have to physically walk to the car to unplug and replug in to clear the fault first.

I'm on version 557
I haven't noticed any charging faults on this yet

 

[NetDoc]

I spent too much, but I went with my buddy's suggestion and installed a Tesla 48amp charger I got from Amazon. I finished the install yesterday, went through the connecting to the internet process and did my first charge last night.

On another charging question, when is Ford supposed to send me the adaptor they promised? Is there a way to follow up to make sure it's been ordered? It's been 20 days since I got Machelle.

 

[Maquis]

On another charging question, when is Ford supposed to send me the adaptor they promised? Is there a way to follow up to make sure it's been ordered? It's been 20 days since I got Machelle.

You should have received a confirmation email with the estimated month of shipment right after you placed the order. The email also has a link to your order status.

 

[rrobe53]

I'm on version 557
I haven't noticed any charging faults on this yet

I just bought mine and had it installed on Thursday, I'm on 557.

 

[Rabidsquirrel22]

Could you do me s favor and go into the Emporia app and report here the firmware version you have in your Emporia?

A few of us have an occasional fault reported from the car at the end of a charge session that Mach-Lee helped me track down to the Emporia not stopping charging within the required 3 seconds by the J1772 standard. It usually stops within 2.3 seconds but about 10% of the time it stops at about 3.8 seconds, which is over the spec and the Mach-E reports that as a Charge Station Fault.

I would like to know if your recently purchased Emporia has newer firmware that might fix the issue. Mine has version EVCharger-467 as reported in the app under EVCharger Info.

I really like the Emporia otherwise and actually plan to buy a 2nd one for the opposite side of my garage in a year when my wife plans to transition from ICE to EV. But if Emporia doesn't fix this issue, I might have to go with a different vendor.

The fault isn't a huge problem because it happens at the end of the charge when the car reaches my set limit of 80%. It only causes a problem if after I've reached the 80% and it faulted, if I then wanted to use the FordPass app to remotely restart charging to go higher, I can't. Instead I'd have to physically walk to the car to unplug and replug in to clear the fault first.

I've been using an Emporia charger for a year now and have never encountered that issue. Firmware version is EVCharger-467. Also hardwired and set to 48 amps if that matters.

 

[67 Stang Convertible]

Wow, Juice Box did not make the list.....She's been good to me for almost 3 years now. I'm not hard wired and mine is with in the garage.

 

[MellowJohnny]

ChargePoint Home Flex is pricey, but my #1 requirement was winter cable performance. I also like that the cable is the same one they use for their commercial L2 chargers, the App shows my home and paid charging sessions, can set the amperage anywhere between 32A and 48A in one amp increments, and contrary to Tom's comment the one time I used customer service they were fabulous. They even called me back a week later to see how things were going.

 

[daniel9478]

I'm on version 557
I haven't noticed any charging faults on this yet

Ditto for me.

I've only had it for a little over a month, though.

 

[Mr. Toejam]

Mine is almost 2.5 years old. I am at 467. No isssues.

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