Ford 48A Charger concern

[wchristie]

I have a 23 Mach E GTPE and the Ford 48A Charger. Purchased both early June 24 - no issues to date. Just washed the car, pulled into garage and plugged in. I noticed the charger making an incremental (about every 10-15 seconds) clicking noise. The light on the vehicle charge port was toggling between blue and white. It is scheduled to charge several hours from now. I blew compressed air on the charge port and plug to make sure there was no moisture/dust. Noise persisted. Turned vehicle on - checked charge status - displayed showed pending charge (like it is supposed to). Powered down the vehicle - the clicking noise has stopped.

Has anyone experienced this?

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[PA27]

Had the exact same issue a month ago but using Tesla universal charger. I was prepared to disconnect low voltage for a reset but first, did a power off reset on the charger, drove around the block putting car in garage, waited an hour and plugged in. All worked as designed since ?‍

 

[Maquis]

Cycle power to reboot the charge station.

 

[wchristie]

Cycle power to reboot the charge station.

I considered that. Interesting that powering up the car seemed to fix it. Makes me think is had something to do with the state the vehicle was in. If it happens again, I will try cycling power to the charger.

Thank you for your response.

 

[wchristie]

Had the exact same issue a month ago but using Tesla universal charger. I was prepared to disconnect low voltage for a reset but first, did a power off reset on the charger, drove around the block putting car in garage, waited an hour and plugged in. All worked as designed since ?‍

Still possible that it could be something relative to the state of the vehicle. Can't say for sure since you reset the charger and powered up the vehicle. Interesting that two different chargers had same symptom. Mach E the common denominator. I do not have a scanner to dig deeper.

Thank you for the feedback. Much appreciated.

 

[Snakebitten]

Emporium described something the EVSE uses called a "pilot signal".
On the unit I purchased from them, back when I acquired a Nissan Leaf to dip my toes gently into EV waters, on occasion the car and charger got into a similar fuss with each other. It would happen randomly, and the solution for me was to reboot/power cycle the Emporium.

While Emporium stated it could be an issue with the Leaf, they chose to send a replacement EVSE just to rule out the possibility of it being on the other end. (great customer service, by the way)

It never happened again. And it continues to not happen with the Mach-E.

But I wonder if what you describe is something to do with that "pilot signal"? (Or whatever the engineering term should be for the handshake between the two components)

 

[Pioneer74]

I have a 23 Mach E GTPE and the Ford 48A Charger. Purchased both early June 24 - no issues to date. Just washed the car, pulled into garage and plugged in. I noticed the charger making an incremental (about every 10-15 seconds) clicking noise. The light on the vehicle charge port was toggling between blue and white. It is scheduled to charge several hours from now. I blew compressed air on the charge port and plug to make sure there was no moisture/dust. Noise persisted. Turned vehicle on - checked charge status - displayed showed pending charge (like it is supposed to). Powered down the vehicle - the clicking noise has stopped.

Has anyone experienced this?

I've had this happen on my Lightning and FCSP.

By chance, do you have a time restriction set up for charging? If so, was your SOC on the vehicle at a level that it would be very close to the time ending setpoint for it to reach your desired SOC?

I got mine to stop by either increasing my charge window, or increase the amperage setpoint. In my case, I believe the the vehicle kept thinking it wasn't going to be able to reach the desired charge level in time, initiated the charge, then for one reason or another, decided it could make it and stopped the charge. Then went back to square one, rinse and repeat.

 

[wchristie]

Thanks for the idea - but this was not the case in this instance. My charge window is 11pm - 5am to 80%. The battery was at 60%. After I powered up / down the vehicle and the issue stopped. It charged that evening from 11pm to 1:14am to 80%. It seems like resetting the vehicle addressed the issue.

 

[wchristie]

Emporium described something the EVSE uses called a "pilot signal".
On the unit I purchased from them, back when I acquired a Nissan Leaf to dip my toes gently into EV waters, on occasion the car and charger got into a similar fuss with each other. It would happen randomly, and the solution for me was to reboot/power cycle the Emporium.

While Emporium stated it could be an issue with the Leaf, they chose to send a replacement EVSE just to rule out the possibility of it being on the other end. (great customer service, by the way)

It never happened again. And it continues to not happen with the Mach-E.

But I wonder if what you describe is something to do with that "pilot signal"? (Or whatever the engineering term should be for the handshake between the two components)

That would make sense. If it happens again - I will cycle power on the charger only. See what happens.

I appreciate the feedback. ;-)

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