Ford Mobile Charger 240V Plug...

[MG101]

So what If I disconnect and connect from the neck all the time? I am not going to charge 240v everyday. I may use the 120V sometimes.

That is what I've been doing for a while now. I leave the 14-50 dongle plugged in all time and take the mobile charger with me and charge off 120v at work. But, I'm only swapping dongles once a week if that so your wear and tear may vary. Also you need to be aware that you'll have live 240 just dangling off the wall.

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[Regularmache]

That is what I've been doing for a while now. I leave the 14-50 dongle plugged in all time and take the mobile charger with me and charge off 120v at work. But, I'm only swapping dongles once a week if that so your wear and tear may vary. Also you need to be aware that you'll have live 240 just dangling off the wall.

Yes, and without the dongle you will have live 240 inches from the Outlets face.

 

[JCHLi]

Buy a female


Buy a plastic socket and mount it on the wall and put the handle into it. Unplugging it every day because of shock concerns is ridiculous.

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I think there is some misunderstanding on what was requested by the OP. They indicated they wished to leave the pigtail plugged in and disconnect the EVSE so they can take it with them and utilize the other 120 volt pigtail.

I personally think that is a bad idea.

 

[Stang68]

He's trying to disconnect it from electricity for safety. He figures leave the plug to not wear socket out, and disconnect it midway. I am saying disconnect nothing and hang it up.

Oh yes for sure, just leaving it all connected and then the actual J1772 in a female port is the best solution, wasn't sure if you knew he meant he was thinking of disconnecting the "neck" of the mobile unit (which just sounds like a pain in the ass to do every time and definitely isn't great).

 

[AKgrampy]

Ok so I know it's not good to keep plugging in and unplugging a 240v plug into the socket (I read it here somewhere) Even the electrician who installed the 240v outlet said it could get loose overtime by doing that.

So what If I disconnect and connect from the neck all the time? I am not going to charge 240v everyday. I may use the 120V sometimes.

Quite a bit of discussion on your question. To clarify - are you leaving your charger plugged in and only unplugging when you may elect to change to 120V charging or is there some other reason? Personally I would always unplug from the wall before changing out the plug cord for the charger. I installed a wall charger so not an issue for me.

 

[fpasta]

Ultimately that is the best solution get a dedicated wall chargers that can vary the amps, all the way down to 120v if that's avaible. So I don't have to keep unplugging the 240v and 120v or at the neck.

Why would I go 120v? To answer a post. I don't have that automatic charging schedule figured out. I set my time. And I plug in and it starts charging right away even though I have it set to charge at my preferred settings.

I'm also under the impression that leaving the mobile charger plugged might cause the brick, the overheating issues I've been reading. And this mobile charger is under warranty.

Anyway, I just got that 240V outlet installed. Just trying to save money for a little bit. I believe it's industrial grade too.

If the socket does degrade and gets loose overtime from unplugging and plugging in. It's easy enough to just change the socket right to a brand new one?

Thanks for the responses yall.

Quite a bit of discussion on your question. To clarify - are you leaving your charger plugged in and only unplugging when you may elect to change to 120V charging or is there some other reason? Personally I would always unplug from the wall before changing out the plug cord for the charger. I installed a wall charger so not an issue for me.

 

[FME]

Ultimately that is the best solution get a dedicated wall chargers that can vary the amps, all the way down to 120v if that's avaible. So I don't have to keep unplugging the 240v and 120v or at the neck.

Why would I go 120v? To answer a post. I don't have that automatic charging schedule figured out. I set my time. And I plug in and it starts charging right away even though I have it set to charge at my preferred settings.

I'm also under the impression that leaving the mobile charger plugged might cause the brick, the overheating issues I've been reading. And this mobile charger is under warranty.

Anyway, I just got that 240V outlet installed. Just trying to save money for a little bit. I believe it's industrial grade too.

If the socket does degrade and gets loose overtime from unplugging and plugging in. It's easy enough to just change the socket right to a brand new one?

Thanks for the responses yall.

Do you have your home set as a charging destination?

I think you need to do this for the scheduling to work.

This may be why it just starts charging when plugged in.

 

[mkhuffman]

Ultimately that is the best solution get a dedicated wall chargers that can vary the amps, all the way down to 120v if that's avaible. So I don't have to keep unplugging the 240v and 120v or at the neck.

Why would I go 120v? To answer a post. I don't have that automatic charging schedule figured out. I set my time. And I plug in and it starts charging right away even though I have it set to charge at my preferred settings.

I'm also under the impression that leaving the mobile charger plugged might cause the brick, the overheating issues I've been reading. And this mobile charger is under warranty.

Anyway, I just got that 240V outlet installed. Just trying to save money for a little bit. I believe it's industrial grade too.

If the socket does degrade and gets loose overtime from unplugging and plugging in. It's easy enough to just change the socket right to a brand new one?

Thanks for the responses yall.

I recommend you don't worry about bricking your car. There is no evidence to suggest the mobile charger (or any charger for that matter) will brick your car.

Ford recommends charging to 90% and leaving the car plugged in. I know you have not set up the charging location limits yet, so I would spend time figuring out how to do that and not worry about the charger.

Charging to 100% on a regular basis is OK also. It might wear the battery slightly more than charging to 90%, but you are unlikely to notice any bad effects. Certainly it won't brick your car doing that.

There is no reason to charge with 120V if you have a 240V outlet. Take advantage of the faster speed. Both are slow compared with DC Fast Charging, which is much harder on the battery than the relatively slow 240V charge from the Ford charger.

 

[fpasta]

I believe I do. Yes. Preferred charge locations> home (has my address) > use preferred charge settings bubbles in.

In there I got the max charge level set. And I set my own time.

I'll try my third time again tonight. I did some different which is a set departure time.

Do you have your home set as a charging destination?

 

[fpasta]

I'm not worried about bricking the car it's the mobile charger I don't want to brick. It's all I got right now.

Well figure it out. Thanks.

I recommend you don't worry about bricking your car. There is no evidence to suggest the mobile charger (or any charger for that matter) will brick your car.

 

[ChuckA]

Ok but the second part of that is the question can I keep disconnecting at the neck instead of the socket so I don't get that degredation?

If you are asking about disconnecting the pigtail that would be worse. If that connection gets loose you will get frequent charger faults.

 

[fpasta]

What am I suppose to see when it acknowledges that it will start charging at 1230AM? Just plugged in and charging has started @120v. Once I find out how it will charge automatically on the time I set. I will leave the 240v in at charge at 1230AM or later.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[AKgrampy]

What am I suppose to see when it acknowledges that it will start charging at 1230AM? Just plugged in and charging has started @120v. Once I find out how it will charge automatically on the time I set. I will leave the 240v in at charge at 1230AM or later.

What am I doing wrong?

Not doing anything wrong per se; however, your car will start charging right away (outside selected charging times) if it determines it needs additional time to meet your selected charge percent during the programmed time. So because you are using 120V which is considerably slower charge rate then your car is beginning to charge right away to attempt to meet the charge point you have set. Go back to 240V and it should work. Assuming it can fully charge during your program window,

 

[JCHLi]

What am I suppose to see when it acknowledges that it will start charging at 1230AM? Just plugged in and charging has started @120v. Once I find out how it will charge automatically on the time I set. I will leave the 240v in at charge at 1230AM or later.

What am I doing wrong?

It will likely start right away on 120v since that is so slow that it will usually determine it cannot change you the set point in the allotted time. If you set a schedule and plug into the 240v, when it works the Ford Pass app should show "waiting to change" on the bottom banner...

 

[Maquis]

The only time the FMC generates any heat is while charging. When connected to AC, but not the car, no discernible temperature rise should occur.

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