Enjoy your new car...

[Dmhccs]

I don’t think you need to worry about that, at least more than any other car. Public charging is the only area I’ve encountered serious inconvenience and anxiety.

Thanks! That makes me feel much better about it. This is my first EV so I feel a bit anxious about getting the charging right. After reading some of the issues with charging, I was wondering if this is a good fit...but I love the car!

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[Mirak]

I guess my main point is there are options available. Yes, being stranded with your kids would take the suck factor to another level. Knock on wood, it has never happened to me. But unless you're in an unsafe area, it hardly seems like the end of the world. As long as the Nintendo Switch still works, I could probably stop just about anywhere with my boys.
I'll also say that you'd be hard pressed to find a vehicle at any price with any propulsion system that hasn't left a driver in sneaker mode at some point.
Like on many other threads there seems to be an unrealistic expectation that the MME (and the charging network) should be 100% perfect with no possibility of a failure or breakdown anywhere ever.

Agree. I’m not seeking perfection, but at this point I’d rate the MME’s charging network as not good enough.

 

[RedStallion]

I can't get my perfectly fine 240v 30amp circuit to charge the car. Now granted it's only one charger I have tried, I am going to get a replacement and see if that works AND try another house.

But if you go in the charging thread here you will see people (specifically in Illinoise) not being able to charge the Mustang on 240 in their house with any charger when other cars work in the same location on the same charger. I am scared I have that situation. 110v charging isn't going to work for me and I bought the car with the idea I have a house, I have 240v and this car should just work in that situation. (And it should. If you have standardized charging that means it works when every other car works in the same situation)

I will raise holy hell over this if A: another make and model of charger doesn't charge in my house and B: in the other house it also doesn't work with both chargers.

The people in Il. have had Ford engineers at my house, I will want that at minimum because this is a true engineering and marketing issue if this continues to happen with multiple people.

Looking at your info you don't even have a car. Is that outrage on behalf of others?
Just to be clear, there are no 240v charging issues with the car.

 

[JoeDimwit]

Looking at your info you don't even have a car. Is that outrage on behalf of others?
Just to be clear, there are no 240v charging issues with the car.

I have not had an issue with charging. That said, there are several people in the battery and charging forum that have, or have had, issues with charging from home. As an industrial electrician, this interests me because it doesn’t make logical sense, but there are too many similar stories to think they are all making it up. For some reason, there seem to be more of them in Illinois than other places, and for the life of me I can’t think of a single reason for that to be happening.

 

[BMT1071]

I have not had an issue with charging. That said, there are several people in the battery and charging forum that have, or have had, issues with charging from home. As an industrial electrician, this interests me because it doesn’t make logical sense, but there are too many similar stories to think they are all making it up. For some reason, there seem to be more of them in Illinois than other places, and for the life of me I can’t think of a single reason for that to be happening.

Someone mentioned the utility's smart meter as a potential contributing factor. That theory may hold some water.
As an electrician, perhaps you can answer another question. Is it possible on a residential 240V circuit to have adequate voltage when tested with a meter but enough voltage drop to stop vehicle charging once the circuit is under load?

 

[JoeDimwit]

Someone mentioned the utility's smart meter as a potential contributing factor. That theory may hold some water.
As an electrician, perhaps you can answer another question. Is it possible on a residential 240V circuit to have adequate voltage when tested with a meter but enough voltage drop to stop vehicle charging once the circuit is under load?

If there is enough resistance in the circuit wiring, it can measure fine while idle, then exhibit a voltage drop when current is flowing. On a circuit with properly sized wiring, this shouldn’t be an issue, but theoretically it can happen.

That said, I’m unsure what the thresholds are for voltage fluctuation before the charger is affected. You would need an electrician to check the voltage at the charger while it is trying to run.

 

[americanflannel]

Looking at your info you don't even have a car. Is that outrage on behalf of others?
Just to be clear, there are no 240v charging issues with the car.

I do have a car now. The avatar is a picture of my red car.
And I possibly have a charging issue on 240, waiting for another charger to test it.
Many people have a charging issue who live in Illinois if you read the charging forum.
I do not live in Illinois but I know basic electricity and basic trouble shooting. It's likely not the outlet, it test fine without load at 242v across the two hots. Tomorrow I will receive another brand charger and try it. If it doesn't work I will go to my parents unplug their dryer and try both chargers. If that doesn't work, it's highly likely the car.

There are several people here and elsewhere on the net who have chargers that charge other evs on their 240v circuits but not the Mach-e.

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