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Whoops! I'm more used to RWD and I guess I didn't think that all the way through. You're right. If the front wheels are powered, they need a differential too. I think the difference in distance traveled is smaller between the inside and outside front wheels than between the inside and outside...

Edited to add this spoiler: I am mistaken. Unless I'm mistaken, front axles don't need or have differentials because they point in the direction of travel, even when turning, and absent some fancy 4-wheel steering setup, rear wheels don't do that while turning.

I can't say I'm glad to know that this is the state of affairs, but I'm very happy to know better what the state of affairs is. Thanks for sharing this information.

Thanks for the info. I'd love to be able to use my Lightning for limited home backup power, which doesn't need to meet my full usual power usage for the whole house, just back up the most essential circuits. I'd be happy to it it by installing in the rruck the second 7.2kW inverter that is...

Are the EV manufacturers using a standardized communications protocol for V2H/V2G that will allow products from Pointguard and others to request that the battery be connected to the DC pins in the power cord to power the inverter?

Are you sure? I read something on a Ford or Sunrun page saying it used the AC conductors. That stuck in my mind because it seemed odd. If that's not right, I should correct what I said, but the problem remains the same, persuading the truck to connect those conductors to the battery when...

Edited to add: The information I thought I read from Sunrun (or maybe Ford) that DC from the truck went to the Charge Station Pro & them the inverter through the AC conductors in the charge cable was wrong. This should have been obvious as the Charge Station Pro has DC pins that serve no other...

I'd commend him for clear labeling. I wish anything in my house were labeled that clearly. Heck, I'd be happy if they'd just labeled the breakers that are no longer connected to anything.

Funny. I had never wondered that until today when I read Jesse-Infotainment's post saying that there were different HV wiring harnesses. Maybe next week I'll pull my bed off and tike pictures of what's under the bed in a truck with the 2.4kW Pro Power. I'd be focusing on unused connectors and...

Thanks. I guess that explains why the bed was tilted up instead of being removed like it would be if you were working on it.

I looked for different part numbers for the HV wiring harness for the the 2.4kW Pro Power and 9.6 kW Pro Power versions and wasn't able to find them, but I found the identification of the different wiring harness versions quite confusing, so I'm not questioning that there are different versions...

Am I looking at a hydraulic piston for a dump-truck conversion???

The 120/240V AC wiring harness between the inverter(s) and the bed receptacle are identical between the 2.4 and 9.6 kW PP setups. In trucks with the 2.4 KW Pro Power Onboard, the 240V part of the wiring harness is unconnected to the inverter or the receptacle panel. When you replace the part...

Yeah. I got one of the new ones today that looks like what Lectron has been selling. It's MUCH beefier and heavier than the Tesla-made adapter it's replacing.

"Ford still can’t figure out supply chain management"? I gather you've never tried to get a Tesla repaired. I damaged the front bumper of a Tesla Model S and it spent about six months in the shop waIting for parts. My wife damaged the front bumper of our Lighting and I think the shop got all...

It's probably too late to be any help to you, but for others like me reading this thread much later, if your truck has the 9.6kW Pro Power On Board, which I believe comes standard on some higher trim models, you can get most of the home backup capability at a vastly lower price. For any home...

You mean like this one in Georgia? He's selling 3 different inverter/converters for $499 each and a full battery pack for $9,999 (can't tell it it's ER or SR)...

If a charge port on the passenger side was inconvenient pulling forward into my garage, wouldn't it work well if I backed in? I've charged a few EVs with charge ports in different places in my garage, some pulled in forwards and some backed in. It's never been much of an issue.

Yeah, but if they moved the charge port to the right front, it would work well with Tesla's Superchargers. The way they're set up, the stalls work well for a vehicle with a charge port near the left rear corner that is backed into the stall or with a vehicle with a charge port near the right...

Not a parent oni making such an adapter. Design and trademarks are IP too.