No. The fact they dont mention anything sounds to me like they have no solid solution yet. Ford USA reacted in this thread saying it will likely come in the form of an OTA update. Dont think Im going to have a Dutch dealer fiddling around with me car just yet
In retrospect, it was probably more fan noise then the whine of a compressor. It was so awfully loud though.
Mine was build March 23.
Yep. I've had my MME for two weeks and when plugged into my Chargepoint at 60 Amps this thing sounds like Airwolf. Dropping it down to 50 amps in the Chargepoint app it still wakes up the neighbors. At 40 amps, it's the lower, more acceptable fan noise...but not a huge fan (no pun intended) of losing all the charging power of my 60 amp circuit. If it's safe, I'll put it back on the 60 amps and just inform everyone that the car will not explode (we hope).
It the circuit the Chargepoint is using rated for 70A or 80A? If not 60A will overload the wiring and risk a house fire.
I have the NEMA 6-50 version hard wired into a 60amp circuit which should yield a 48amp max load. When reviewing the Chargepoint app while charging at this setting it does indicate 11.32kw...which I believe is over the max for the charger in the car (11 kw).
Why would you need that fast a charge at home? The faster the charge, the shorter your battery will survive.
It takes about 6.5 hours to fully charge the battery at 16 amps/ 3 phase. So thats 6.5 hours of noise that keeps the neighbors awake. Whats your point? The car should be able to handle this just like nissans, Renaults and teslas. As discussed in the previous 13 pages, this an BIG issue for Europeans.
The point is obvious...cutting the charge rate down greatly reduces the battery cooling noise. During the day, nobody's going to object, but at night, while people are trying to sleep, noise is important. But what point is there to charging at a high nighttime rate? You don't NEED a high rate to fully charge your car during sleep time, and a higher rate shortens the life of your battery...needlessly.
Thats all valid but as my GF drives a Leaf and so we sometimes need to charge fast in order to have both our cars fully charged for the next day, the faster 11kw, 16amps, 3phase charging is really necessary sometimes. But hey, both Ford and most Europeans acknowledge its a non-spec issue that needs resolving, Im eagerly awaiting a solution that resolves this factory fault.
Totally agree, Ford needs to fix this ASAP. I cannot cut power because the only option I have is public charging.
