I doubt you can downgrade if you want to use the Lightning to power your house.
When charging it is difficult to talk mph between two cars that have different efficiencies. You need to calculate KW or KWh which is then apples to apples as far as what your charger is suppling. Tesla 75 x %/time and MME 88 x %/time and compare the two of them to see if both are drawing the same energy. Tesla may put up more guesstimate miles on the screen but the speed of the charger may be the same for both. One would think around 88/(9.6 X 0.85) for the MME.
IS there an internal switch or setting in your EVSE that sets the max charge rate? It really looks like it's running at 7.2, minus some overhead.
It seems like a 48 Amp charger should work fine on a 60 Amp breaker. I am planning out my wiring for when my MME arrives and want to future proof it. I was planning for a 60 Amp circuit for the future while primarily charging with a 240 VAC / 40 Amp non Ford charger. Do I really need to run a 100 Amp circuit? Maybe that is best. The wire just keeps getting thicker...
Needs time to learn you? Run it a bit to see if it syncs in. If not there is a reset driving history and try again. I am also mostly highway (all) and it has set in at around 420 Km 265 mi and is speed dependent. Enough during good temps to get to the next charger and then some.With my juicebox pro 48amp I get 10%/hour recharge which equates to roughly 9kw/hour. Also I charged to 100% for the first time yesterday and got this
But after calculating with my 15% left, I was closer to 450km or 280miles with a Prem 4x Ext. All kms highway driven.
This system will require a 60amp 240V dedicated circuit to get a 48A charge rate.
For the ford OEM wall charger you will only need a 60amp branch circuit to get the full 48amps but that being said that is just the minimum that the NEC here in the USA specifies there is nothing saying that you cant over spec a circuit to what ever you want. But the limiting factors boil down to what amperage you have available at the service panel and how much extra you want to shell out.
If you need a bigger house with a larger electric service panel, that can increase the effective cost of the Lightning a bit...!!!
Yup. Before you go much above 50 amp breaker 8ga copper double the circuits if you can. The next family in your house will thank you as well.
My electric utility has an EV rate plan but requires a dedicated electric meter for car charging to get it. So I installed a 125 amp electric meter. That was my idea of future proofing since it's enough to charge two EV's (even though I only own one). I had the electrician install two 60 amp circuits with 6-gauge wire (suitable for 48 amp charging). If I had to up-size the EVSE (say, for an F150L) then I already have the meter and service panel that can handle it ... but not the wire gauge. That would have to be upgraded to something beefier.
I'm going to let the law of averages figure it out but it would be cool if I can somehow get it that high
90 km/hr @ a calm 20 oC with no accessories you should make that no problem. Put it up to 105/110 km/hr maybe not
Yes I was doing 116 most of the way with AC on90 km/hr @ a calm 20 oC with no accessories you should make that no problem. Put it up to 105/110 km/hr maybe not
