20 amps @ 120v

[wighty]

Working in building safety, Ford likely made the right call, particularly if you are visiting a place you are not familiar with.

Agree to disagree I guess. There are other EVs on the market that let the vehicle limit the charging (the mini is one example). It severely gimps the truck. I'm sitting here at a campsite with a TT30 and forced to use 11/12a, not even going to the 80% 24 amps, if I could increase to 16a or 20a it would make a huge difference for me.

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[Grease Lightning]

Agree to disagree I guess. There are other EVs on the market that let the vehicle limit the charging (the mini is one example). It severely gimps the truck. I'm sitting here at a campsite with a TT30 and forced to use 11/12a, not even going to the 80% 24 amps, if I could increase to 16a or 20a it would make a huge difference for me.

Or you could buy a 240v travel charger and camp at a park that offers NEMA 14-50 plugs

There are ton of possibilities that make your EV even more productive.

The TT30 plug is a different discussion then I previously stated. I too would love a Ford specific charger that the truck accepted during the handshake to know it was a 30 amp 120v circuit. No safety issue there and benefits us as there are tons of RV spots that only have the TT30 option.

 

[wighty]

Or you could buy a 240v travel charger and camp at a park that offers NEMA 14-50 plugs

Oh that's a cop-out and you know it

This park does have 50 amp sites, but my spouse booked it and didn't know (in the future I will be asked at booking time to look over the site info). But still at least in my neck of the woods TT30s are way more common at campgrounds.

 

[biers]

Agree to disagree I guess. There are other EVs on the market that let the vehicle limit the charging (the mini is one example). It severely gimps the truck. I'm sitting here at a campsite with a TT30 and forced to use 11/12a, not even going to the 80% 24 amps, if I could increase to 16a or 20a it would make a huge difference for me.

This would be an OTA update I’d LOVE to see. Unlikely however. Maybe they can get it right on T3

 

[Maquis]

Agree to disagree I guess. There are other EVs on the market that let the vehicle limit the charging (the mini is one example). It severely gimps the truck. I'm sitting here at a campsite with a TT30 and forced to use 11/12a, not even going to the 80% 24 amps, if I could increase to 16a or 20a it would make a huge difference for me.

The only way to do that safely would be to have an EVSE with a TT30 dongle. No manufacturer in their right mind is going to give use an EVSE that allows 30A on a 15A plug.

 

[wighty]

The only way to do that safely would be to have an EVSE with a TT30 dongle. No manufacturer in their right mind is going to give use an EVSE that allows 30A on a 15A plug.

Yeah I think that's obvious. I was not saying let us pull 24 amps on the Ford Mobile charger, more like the juice that I tried last year for camping.

 

[rtshinn]

Here's an adaptor specifically for TT-30 connector to RV outlet for EV charging a Tesla, though a Rivian R1T truck owner says it works for him as well. These may be wired differently than the generic TT-30 to 14-50 adapter. I know that the generic one didn't work on my Ford portable charger using their 14-50 connection.

https://www.amazon.com/ONETAK-Charg...07XNSXWM4/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

The problem experienced by some is that their chargers are trying to draw more than 30 amps on the 120v line. Teslas can be modified to draw less. Our Lightning chargers may or may not work at all with this adaptor. What is needed is the above adapter, and a charger that can accept 24 or so amps at 120v. IF the Lightning will accept it at that rate.

Hope I've explained myself clearly.

 

[regentscholar]

Here's an adaptor specifically for TT-30 connector to RV outlet for EV charging a Tesla, though a Rivian R1T truck owner says it works for him as well. These may be wired differently than the generic TT-30 to 14-50 adapter. I know that the generic one didn't work on my Ford portable charger using their 14-50 connection.

https://www.amazon.com/ONETAK-Charg...07XNSXWM4/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

The problem experienced by some is that their chargers are trying to draw more than 30 amps on the 120v line. Teslas can be modified to draw less. Our Lightning chargers may or may not work at all with this adaptor. What is needed is the above adapter, and a charger that can accept 24 or so amps at 120v. IF the Lightning will accept it at that rate.

Hope I've explained myself clearly.

With this adapter the Lightning will still detect 120V AC in and slow charge at just 12 amps

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