Jimrpa
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- First Name
- Jim
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- Sep 10, 2020
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- Wayne, PA
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- 2021 Infinite Blue Premium Mustang Mach E ER AWD
- Occupation
- Retied (formerly tried to herd highly technical, independent cats)
Cool! Thanks!It does warm up while charging, which is why I don't want to charge during the day when ambient temps can be over 120F. I only want to charge during 11pm-5am during the summer since it is cooler then and my electric rates are less expensive.
Previous Ford BEVs would cool the battery when parked on plug even outside of the charge schedule. So I could park my Focus Electric at work or home and plug in but NOT charge. Then when the HVB gets hot just by sitting out in the sun, the A/C would kick on and chill the battery. Very nice feature.
For whatever reason, the new Team Edison decided to restrict that feature to only activate inside the charge schedule.Which kinda sucks because now we are creating even more heat to manage AND paying the higher electric rates!
Fortunately @macchiaz-o discovered a work around. If I open the charge schedule to include daytime hours but lower the charge limit to 50% then I can plug in and NOT charge but the car WILL cool the battery when needed.
Edit: ....and thus the need to charge to 100% to ensure that I don't fall below 50% during my day. I have several days each when where I consume more than 40% charge before arriving home.
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