Removing charging cable without pressing the unlock button

[RickMachE]

I know this is an older thread and I’ve just been wondering about the button myself on the charging port of the car, so what I’m understanding actually is, if it is blue and charging you should push that center button before unplugging, but if it’s white not flashing, then I believe you can just push the handle button and unplug the charger. The one thing I did see in the manual was a note about fast charging stations.

Note: You cannot unlock the charge coupler handle unless the vehicle remote is near the vehicle.

No. Regardless of light color, just push the button on the handle of the level 2 charger.

And that note has been been proven false.

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[mdolan92869]

THERE IS! The thumb latch is part of the J1772 standard. Power stops flowing within milliseconds of pressing the thumb latch. It doesn't hurt to wait an extra second to hear the EVSE relay click, but even that isn't necessary. Even if the thumb latch is broken, the pilot pins are intentionally shorter than the conductors so that they will lose signal first and stop the flow of power. It really is idiot proof.

When something is made idiot proof, they will just make better idiots. - Stephen Hawking

 

[Jerrytball]

No. Regardless of light color, just push the button on the handle of the level 2 charger.

And that note has been been proven false.

OK Rick I’ll believe what you say. I just got done charging my car and the light where that button is had no light I just pushed the button on the handle and an unplugged. I guess that’s just a Ford precautionary warning if that is charging blue press that button to stop charging I believe first time I got the car. I did push that center button when it was blue and the lights went out.

 

[JohnnyForensic]

OK Rick I’ll believe what you say. I just got done charging my car and the light where that button is had no light I just pushed the button on the handle and an unplugged. I guess that’s just a Ford precautionary warning if that is charging blue press that button to stop charging I believe first time I got the car. I did push that center button when it was blue and the lights went out.

The button next to the charger port is used to stop charging and to unlock the big DCFC fast chargers you find out in the wild. You can stop the DCFC charge by pressing that button or by pressing the ”stop” button on the charger itself. For home/slow Level 2 charging (where you don’t pull down the extra flap to plug in), the ring of lights shows you the charging status, but the charging is stopped by pressing the latch release button/bar on the charger handle itself. You can test this by just depressing your charger handle’s button without removing it while it’s actively charging, and you’ll hear/see your wall charger shut off the power.

 

[Jerrytball]

The button next to the charger port is used to stop charging and to unlock the big DCFC fast chargers you find out in the wild. You can stop the DCFC charge by pressing that button or by pressing the ”stop” button on the charger itself. For home/slow Level 2 charging (where you don’t pull down the extra flap to plug in), the ring of lights shows you the charging status, but the charging is stopped by pressing the latch release button/bar on the charger handle itself. You can test this by just depressing your charger handle’s button without removing it while it’s actively charging, and you’ll hear/see your wall charger shut off the power.

Yesterday I went out there and it stopped charging and I did just push the button on the handle and pull it out. I know when it’s charging at home if you press that button in the middle, it will stop the charging as well so I guess it’s habit, but if it’s still charging and I wanna cut the session short, I just push the center button to shut the charging off and pull it out.

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