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it is only as crazy as expecting to lift yourself up by pulling on your own boot laces...but if you plug into Pro-Power on a Lightning parked beside yours... :) LOL

Makes sense. and as you say, if it is cycling on and off, it must be reaching it's desired set point. For OP (@Iroc34a ) if you can find any 120-15A outlet at your work, you could maintain the battery temp with a L1 charger. In some places block heater plugs were common back in the day, but...

15A x 120 v = 1800W 1200 W is only 10Amp draw. 1000 W (ie 1kW) is 8.3 Amp x 120 v = 1,000W In any case, the truck right now is drawing "less than 1kW" per FordPass - waiting for the schedule charging at 11:00PM. maintaining battery temp (minus 18C at the moment) with less than 1200W is clearly...

If the battery is already warm from a trip, and you park and plug in a L1 cord, say while your at work for 8 hours, would it use the 1500-1800W available to maintain the battery temps to the 60F range until your next departure ?

Doing a search I got: "the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning has a built-in Wi-Fi connection through the "FordPass Connect" feature, which allows you to create a mobile hotspot using a 4G LTE connection to connect multiple devices to the internet within the vehicle; essentially, it utilizes a cellular...

Seems like a smart system - not a negative to me.

I have an energy monitor in the shop that monitors the EV charger, I notice that plugging in the Truck when I come home, the energy monitor indicates less than 1 kW going to the truck prior to the set charging time (11PM to 7AM) so just plugging in the truck, it's taking advantage of available...

I have solar and low cost ToU overnight at home, so a nice sunny day I get a "free" charge for the truck, but a cloudy day like today I charge overnight on the "Ultra low" (2.9Cents/kWh) rate which sure beats the heck out of the $140-$160 a week I used to spend at the pumps...I can see this...

It would depend on the weather where you live, and the cost of electricity. Prior to getting the Lightning, I remoted started my V8 RAM and let it run 15-20 minutes a day using gasoline that cost $4.25/gal (USD) in my neck of the woods. Now I let the truck pre-condition plugged into utility...

I have had the truck (2024 XLT) literally a few days, I think I spent about 6 hours going through all the features, settings, options, and setting up Ford Pass etc - it works nearly instantly, lock/unlock, start pre-condition does it all. Maybe just my location. I call the truck...

I was out driving around today, and saw a gas station up ahead, I instinctively looked down at my dash to see if I needed gas...gee when did I last buy gas...Wait A Minute what am I thinking !? I don't need gasoline anymore !! AND THAT IS WHEN IT HIT ME - The "Leash" has been removed and I am...

Thanks - good to know! Those CHAdeMO standard chargers seem to be few and far between, and after checking, you're right about stations that have them also have another standard on the same station to suit various EV's. My original thought was if the CHAdeMO EV cars are 'rare' then these...

Do you mean the CCS to Tesla (NACS) adapter ? The dealer has one being couriered out to me, so I can use Tesla charging network as well as CCS. I wonder about getting an adaptor to the CHAdeMO standard - seems like these are very expensive and that standard is being phased out over a period of...

I did a run to a near-by City to my area today - to try out a fast charger - make sure it works and I learn the steps for connecting - worked great !! The dealer was supposed to include the Tesla adapter with the truck, and they have it coming now so I couldn't test with a Tesla super charger...

I see some hotels have chargers with your room as a feature - I wondered if you had tried that approach to those long trips?

Wow BC to Toronto and back - that is an epic trip in any vechicle ! I drove to Calgary from NW Ontario last summer to see family - that is far enough of a trip for me! That run cost me hundreds in gasoline, that now would be a lot less in supercharging lol. I normally just stay near home and...

We have other vechicles, and we have two sets of tires (on rims) for each one. We typically only put studs on one car, and Blizzaks on the other, but this is a new (pricy) truck and want to plan for next winter now, since I can usually get a deal on winter tires just as the season ends (who...

Good point, since one of the nice features of the new Truck is the super quiet ride. That said, staying on the road and having some traction are high priorities for winter - which in my area is half of the year...besides, how loud can it be compared to all the noisy dino-burners driving beside...

Thanks for the very warm welcome Lucky-Larry, I have found myself looking for reasons to 'go somewhere' to test out my newest vechicle - this is our first EV and we are climbing the steep learning curve of what the new "Tablet-on-Tires" can do, and how to navigate the menu's/features. I was...

I have had good success with Bridgestone Blizzaks on our SUV, but the Lightning is pretty heavy and I wonder how the soft compound of the Blizzaks would be for wear. We are allowed studded tires for winter months, makes me consider the General Grabber Arctic with studs...wonder what other...