30A/110 RV Plug

[saiyan]

Hello all. Just picked up my Mach-E yesterday. I am currently looking into charging it. I tried searching but couldn't find an answer.

I have a 30A/110V RV plug in my garage. I have a 50A Female-to-30A Male adapter. I was wondering if anyone has experience doing this with regards to charging times. Thanks in Advance!

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[Mach-Tony]

Check previous threads, this might not be a good idea. The Mach-E will pull 32A through that circuit, which won't always trip your breaker. There is a good chance that it will run hot and could cause some serious issues.

 

[AZBill]

If that outlet is 110V, then it will not pull more than 12A. You need 240V to get 32A or more.

 

[dano]

I would not recommend trying that approach.

If you don't have a 240V 50A breaker facing the 14-50 plug your mobile charger, using various adapters to change the shape of the plug to make it fit at best won't work, at worst can damage your home, charger, and/or car. Instead, you will need to use the 110V adapter and deal with a slow charge until you've worked the rest of that out.

Depending on how your RV plug is wired (what type of wires were used, etc) to your electrical service panel, you may be able to get an electrician to convert it to 240V for relatively low cost.

 

[saiyan]

Check previous threads, this might not be a good idea. The Mach-E will pull 32A through that circuit, which won't always trip your breaker. There is a good chance that it will run hot and could cause some serious issues.

Thanks for the warning! I'll put a 50Amp 220V plug coming from my breaker panel....if I have space.

 

[AZBill]

Thanks for the warning! I'll put a 50Amp 220V plug coming from my breaker panel....if I have space.

If the charger senses the input to be 120V, it can only provide 12A and will not trip a breaker. But it will charge very slowly. If it senses 240V then it will provide 32A. The connector does not make any difference, the charger only knows the input voltage, not the connector type.

 

[JamieGeek]

Yeah a 30amp RV plug is only 30 amps at 120V. Ford's charger will only charge at 12amps on that. Even if you use the 50 amp adapter (that would likely confuse the charger and simply make it fault).

I doubt it would attempt to pull anything more than 12amps out of it (since the two hot legs out of your adapter would likely have 0V between them).

 

[Mach-Tony]

I wouldn't rely too much on forums for these topics because you'll get a lot of people's opinions of what they think will work without actually knowing. Just be safe and don't use any adapters. If it's 120V, just use a standard 120V receptacle and the correct charger attachment. My advice is to get that 240V 50A circuit installed because the 120V speeds are super slow and not very useful for frequent driving.

 

[saiyan]

Thank you everyone for the quick responses. I was able to run a 50A 240V line using a #6 wire from the breaker panel to a surface mount box. I was thinking flush mount but couldn't find the right pop-in box or plate to make it look more "finished". Project for another day possibly.

Thanks again!

 

[Carsinmyblood]

According to my ammeter, our L2 Ford freebie charger pulls 28 and change amps on each leg. That's well within the 32 amp target, but don't install a 30 amp breaker and wires sized for 32 amps. 6/3 wire (that's 2 hots, 1 neutral, plus ground) and at least a 40 amp breaker is minimum.

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