Yes. That’s a good thing. I see it every couple days when the charging schedule starts. Using shore power instead of the HVB.First time seeing this, showing “Charging 12v battery”. Car wasn’t driven for about 4 days. Upon plugging in seeing this on the FordPass application. Tell me this is normal.
Some of the earlier cars had a glitch and this wasn't working properly. It's good to see that it seems to be doing the right thing. I didn't realize it would give a message when charging the 12v
I think the general rule of thumb is that "a plugged in ev is a happy ev". If it's plugged in it can draw power from the grid instead of the high voltage battery to maintain the 12V battery.
That makes a load of sense. Unfortunately, our EVSE is located at the right rear of where we park the car in the garage--while that was ideal for our i3, it's not great for plugging in the MME with its charging port in the front right! We use just about all of the 25 ft cable when charging.
I charge every 7 days to 90%, I've yet to get notice that my 12v is having to be topped up. I can't see that plugging it up more frequently is needed, Although perhaps excessive heat or cold temps perhaps?
Do you drive every few days?
I do drive short distances everyday. I wouldn't think the 12v would drain significantly in even a couple weeks not put on the charging. I mean ICE cars can be left unattended for some weeks without issue.
