Mach-e Camping

[CurtW]

We normally camp quite a few weeks each year. It's getting nearly warm enough now to start looking for sites.

Have you taken your MME camping? Pros and cons?

I haven't tried out the frunk as a cooler yet, I'm guessing it is not as insulated as a Yeti. Anybody know how long a block of ice might last in the frunk?

Have you charged using campsite power? Our sites normally have 30amp and 50amp power, anyone tried L2 charging at campground? The level 2 charger takes 40amps, so I presume one can plug into a 50amp receptacle.

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[karbar2004]

We normally camp quite a few weeks each year. It's getting nearly warm enough now to start looking for sites.

Have you taken your MME camping? Pros and cons?

I haven't tried out the frunk as a cooler yet, I'm guessing it is not as insulated as a Yeti. Anybody know how long a block of ice might last in the frunk?

Have you charged using campsite power? Our sites normally have 30amp and 50amp power, anyone tried L2 charging at campground? The level 2 charger takes 40amps, so I presume one can plug into a 50amp receptacle.

One can easily plug in ford charging cable to a 50 amp campsite power receptacle
Being doing just that for 2 years at our Seasonal site even bought a 50 amp splitter to run camper and charging

 

[SaraFed13]

One can easily plug in ford charging cable to a 50 amp campsite power receptacle
Being doing just that for 2 years at our Seasonal site even bought a 50 amp splitter to run camper and charging

We are seasonal campers too and am considering buying a 50 amp splitter to do the exact same thing. Have you had any issues with the total power draw/breaker tripping at your site?

 

[nuMach]

Where the issue will arise is once EVs are popular enough, the combined load of many EVs charging will trip the source panels main breaker. In doing calculations for the main panel, they allow full current for x number of sites, lower draw for x number more, and a much lower draw for the rest. They dont expect all outlets will ever all draw the full amount, so the mains is calculated to have a lower designed value than 100% draw on all outlets.
guessing it'll be a few years before this ever is an issue, however after 2030+ eg, and 100% of cars are EV ... the standards will change & sited upgraded, or campers wont be permitted to charge.

 

[21st Century Pony]

We are now on a NYC - California six week trip. 2d week. Some hotels, some camping, some friends' couches. Camping = RV state parks etc. The pic is from Cape Henlopen, Delaware. The 14-year old is the official Navigator and also the official camp cook. He loves the Mach E, especially its hotspot WiFi.

I have a modified Nissan Panasonic portable EVSE I bought back in 2012, modified by EvseUpgrade to pull 20 amps at 240V. Perfect for RV overnight charging at a nice beach / mountain spot.

The frunk holds two insulated REI bags for food and ice. I added bottom grommets for draining so cold food stays dry. Ice reliably lasts two+ days in the insulated bags. We make SodaStream soda bottles for the road, for camps and for charging stops.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...o-a-family-summer-road-trip.28022/post-643415

So far, we've done about 2 thousand miles since 19 June.

 

[karbar2004]

We are seasonal campers too and am considering buying a 50 amp splitter to do the exact same thing. Have you had any issues with the total power draw/breaker tripping at your site?

Usually no just be watchful about rv usage and not have every outlet in use or run heavily ac unit/units
I usually charge at night when rv power usage is low

 

[JamieGeek]

We take the Mach-E with us camping when the wife is willing to drive it (can't tow the Mach-E so one of us drives the RV and the other drives the Mach-E).

This does make charging stops a bit easier as we have a place to hang out:

I have a 20 amp Clipper Creek EVSE that we use in campgrounds. Have had it now going on 8+ years.

I even wrote a thread long ago about how to charge at campgrounds:
https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/campground-charging-as-a-last-resort.1403/

 

[JamieGeek]

We are now on a NYC - California six week trip. 2d week. Some hotels, some camping, some friends' couches. Camping = RV state parks etc. The pic is from Cape Henlopen, Delaware. The 14-year old is the official Navigator and also the official camp cook. He loves the Mach E, especially its hotspot WiFi.

I have a modified Nissan Panasonic portable EVSE I bought back in 2012, modified by EvseUpgrade to pull 20 amps at 240V. Perfect for RV overnight charging at a nice beach / mountain spot.

The frunk holds two insulated REI bags for food and ice. I added bottom grommets for draining so cold food stays dry. Ice reliably lasts two+ days in the insulated bags. We make SodaStream soda bottles for the road, for camps and for charging stops.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...o-a-family-summer-road-trip.28022/post-643415

So far, we've done about 2 thousand miles since 19 June.

In an earlier life (e.g. pre-COVID) we did the baseball tour. Took us 7 years but managed to see all 30 of them.

Of course there are several new ones now...

 

[21st Century Pony]

In an earlier life (e.g. pre-COVID) we did the baseball tour. Took us 7 years but managed to see all 30 of them.

Of course there are several new ones now...

The boy is a rabid fan.

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