Do I leave car on or off for charging?

[cdy0118]

Hello friends, I just picked up my MME and can only charge at public stations.

A silly questions is that do I need to leave my car on or off for it to charge? Looks like when I shut off the car, charging also stops or won't initiate (please correct me if I'm wrong). I plan to leave my car charging at a ChargePoint L2 station when I'm at work, so I'm a little concerned that if I have to leave car always when I'm not in it. Do I have to turn off the 30-min timer as well?

Another thing - I've tried a few EA fast charging at two different locations, only one plug worked (for only about 10 minutes before stopped). I've enabled Plug & Charge, but every time it shows connecting to vehicle and FordPass warns me charging failure.

Is EA that unreliable or is it a FordPass issue?

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[BMT1071]

Hello friends, I just picked up my MME and can only charge at public stations.

A silly questions is that do I need to leave my car on or off for it to charge? Looks like when I shut off the car, charging also stops or won't initiate (please correct me if I'm wrong). I plan to leave my car charging at a ChargePoint L2 station when I'm at work, so I'm a little concerned that if I have to leave car always when I'm not in it. Do I have to turn off the 30-min timer as well?

Another thing - I've tried a few EA fast charging at two different locations, only one plug worked (for only about 10 minutes before stopped). I've enabled Plug & Charge, but every time it shows connecting to vehicle and FordPass warns me charging failure.

Is EA that unreliable or is it a FordPass issue?

You do not need to leave the car on to charge. The first time you plug into the CP at work you can set that up as a charging location in FordPass. Once that is done you can set a max charging percentage and schedule times to charge. You should also setup departure times so your car can precondition while plugged in before you head for home.
There is a sticky post on here entitled 7 steps to setup plug and charge. Refer to that to get going on DCFC. You'll also need to activate your free 250 kWh on ford.com.
Welcome to the club. ??

 

[RickMachE]

+1

We plug in with the car running during trips. It appears to turn off when the session is over, leaving it in accessory mode. On the return !eg of this trip, I will put it in accessory mode right away to preserve the trip info. Otherwise, it adds 30 minutes and no mileage.

 

[cdy0118]

You do not need to leave the car on to charge. The first time you plug into the CP at work you can set that up as a charging location in FordPass. Once that is done you can set a max charging percentage and schedule times to charge. You should also setup departure times so your car can precondition while plugged in before you head for home.
There is a sticky post on here entitled 7 steps to setup plug and charge. Refer to that to get going on DCFC. You'll also need to activate your free 250 kWh on ford.com.
Welcome to the club. ??

Thanks for the info! I will try the charging schedule setting you mentioned! Just for clarification, do you mean I can turn off the car, get out of the car, plug it in, and lock the car (with walk away lock)? Or do I need to leave the car on (or accessory mode), plug in, and then turn off and leave? I guess I can probably find it out soon, but still greatly appreciated for any more instructions.

I had followed the instruction to enable P&C, but some how EA stations never worked for me. Only worked once before I enabled P&C. Still having 250kWh balance remaining haha...I hope that's just bad luck.

 

[BMT1071]

Thanks for the info! I will try the charging schedule setting you mentioned! Just for clarification, do you mean I can turn off the car, get out of the car, plug it in, and lock the car (with walk away lock)? Or do I need to leave the car on (or accessory mode), plug in, and then turn off and leave? I guess I can probably find it out soon, but still greatly appreciated for any more instructions.

I had followed the instruction to enable P&C, but some how EA stations never worked for me. Only worked once before I enabled P&C. Still having 250kWh balance remaining haha...I hope that's just bad luck.

I have only charged at home, but I see no reason that L2 charging at work would be any different. I park, turn off the car, get out and close the door, then plug in. The car locks with walk away when I go in the house.

 

[cdy0118]

I have only charged at home, but I see no reason that L2 charging at work would be any different. I park, turn off the car, get out and close the door, then plug in. The car locks with walk away when I go in the house.

Thanks and totally agree with you.

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