2500mi Yakima Roof Box (and Toddler) Roadtrip Insights

[JohnFoxeSheets]

Is your real name Schrödinger? I understand he used to have a cat.

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[mdolan92869]

No, but I have the t-shirt

I need that shirt!

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

I need that shirt!

Ask and you shall receive (after you order and pay for it)

 

[mdolan92869]

Ask and you shall receive (after you order and pay for it)

Found it and got it from Amazon about 30 seconds after my post

 

[ebeponyan]

Nav-based Preconditioning

Pulling some data out here because I'd never heard of preconditioning kicking off with a L2 charger as an intermediate destination in the nav system. The process kicked off as described elsewhere when around 20 miles from the destination until I removed the destination because I didn't want preconditioning eating up energy needlessly for a L2 charger. EDIT: confirmed this still happens as of April 2024, be mindful of plugging L2 chargers directly into nav, you'll burn a few kwh needlessly warming up the battery for AC charging.

time	coolant_loop_kw	dcfc_limit	battery_temp_avg	battery_temp_min	battery_temp_max	soc
12:00:00​	0​	78.94​	62.6​	60.8​	68​	91.61​
12:01:00​	0​	80.2​	62.6​	60.8​	68​	91.46​
12:02:00​	0​	80.76​	62.6​	60.8​	68​	91.4​
12:03:00​	0​	81.37​	62.6​	60.8​	68​	91.34​
12:04:00​	0​	81.58​	62.6​	60.8​	68​	91.34​
12:05:00​	3.4​	82.15​	62.6​	60.8​	68​	91.29​
12:06:00​	6​	83.53​	62.6​	60.8​	68​	91.16​
12:07:00​	5.92​	85.84​	64.38​	60.8​	68​	91​
12:08:00​	5.82​	88.04​	64.4​	62.6​	68​	90.85​
12:09:00​	5.69​	90.71​	65.97​	64.4​	69.8​	90.6​
12:10:00​	5.73​	93.27​	67.19​	64.4​	71.6​	90.37​
12:11:00​	5.68​	96.03​	68.43​	64.4​	71.6​	90.11​
12:12:00​	5.67​	98.39​	69.87​	66.2​	73.4​	89.92​
12:13:00​	1.88​	100.31​	71.6​	66.2​	75.2​	89.77​
12:14:00​	0​	101.15​	72.93​	68​	77​	89.68​
12:15:00​	0​	101.56​	73.4​	68​	77​	89.63​
12:16:00​	0​	101.76​	73.95​	69.8​	77​	89.6​
12:17:00​	0​	101.33​	75.2​	69.8​	77​	89.65​
12:18:00​	0​	101.14​	75.2​	69.8​	77​	89.68​
12:19:00​	0​	103.41​	75.2​	69.8​	77​	89.36​

Unsurprisingly, the rate of increase for DCFC limit and battery temp metrics is correlated with the coolant loop kw ramping up and down. That's how the hidden feature is understood to work, but again, this was the first time I've heard of it kicking in for an AC charger in the nav.

Graph for the above precondition for an AC charger

A couple of DCFC preconditioning events for comparison

 

[ebeponyan]

Was a guard moose/elk/reindeer a security option that I missed?

SecuriAntler is moving to a paid subscription model.

 

[mdolan92869]

SecuriAntler is moving to a paid subscription model.

Do you know if job 1 cars can get that?

 

[ebeponyan]

I surreptitiously updated my post on charging, but just want to highlight some data to support that 120V charging is limited to 1.2kW at the onboard charger level, regardless of circuit and EVSE capacity.

Basically, don't expect to get 2.4kW charging speeds at 30A campground hookups, even with a 24A EVSE and TT-30 adapter.

 

[jgcom]

We got off to an inauspicious start by losing a mud flap fastener on the first leg.

I've 'consumed' a couple of those plastic diverters/ mud flaps. I was pleasantly surprised how inexpensive they were to replace through ford parts.

Many thanks for sharing your stories and the solutions to various problems.

 

[McS]

I've 'consumed' a couple of those plastic diverters/ mud flaps. I was pleasantly surprised how inexpensive they were to replace through ford parts.

Many thanks for sharing your stories and the solutions to various problems.

I never thought I'd see "inexpensive" and "Ford" in the same sentence...

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