Cold weather - climate control not great

[LightningShow]

At -15C the outdoor humidity is essentially zero. Turn on the fresh air intake to knock down the humidity in the cabin, then switch back to recirculate.

Sponsored

 

[LightningShow]

This is the device I am using to monitor the branch circuit feeds to my FCSP.

https://shop.emporiaenergy.com/products/gen-2-emporia-vue-whole-home-energy-monitor

I'm using its main circuit monitoring clamps because of the large diameter of the conductors.

I am not using the smaller circuit monitoring clamps on my garages separate service, the other branch circuits are just for lighting, door lifts and the resistive space heater in my motorcycle workshop.

I just got my emporia set up this week but opposite application. I have it on the house main panel and my charger is on the garage/barn service. I’m loving it so far. I’ll probably get a second monitor for the barn eventually. I don’t charge at home much right now so it’s not that critical to monitor. I have finished space out there that gets used more in the summer. I’m more interested in monitoring that usage than the charging.

 

[Traconesu]

Hi all,

Got delivery of my Platinum on Thursday. It's currently -15C here where I live.

I've noticed 2 things 1) not great range (fine, whatever), but 2) the climate control can't seem to keep the windows unfogged unless I have it on max defrost pretty much the whole time.

Anyone else noticed these issues? Perhaps I'm one of the farthest north owners at this point at 54 degrees

Thanks!

I mostly just use my heated seat and steering wheel but have to hit the max defrost button occasionally. My issue is when I hit it again my heat stays on with low fan, and I have to hit fan off everytime to turn the heat back off.

 

[Phil0110]

I don't understand, are you talking about C or F, because if it's F, it's not even cold.

 

[TaxmanHog]

I don't understand, are you talking about C or F, because if it's F, it's not even cold.

The OP is in Canada, fun fact, by default the user profile details are hidden, but can be shown by click the chevron below the name.

 

[macdian]

Also, it was clear that I had said -15C - which -15F if definitely cold.

The OP is in Canada, fun fact, by default the user profile details are hidden, but can be shown by click the chevron below the name.

 

[GoodSam]

Does E-Heat turn itself back on depending on outside temperature (59F), or interior temperature (?), much lower than setting desired (75F)? I could swear that I had turned off E-Heat the previous drive, but returning home, the E-Heat came back on by itself. I could not find any details on how the E-heat works in the manual. @Ford Motor Company

 

[Maquis]

Does E-Heat turn itself back on depending on outside temperature (59F), or interior temperature (?), much lower than setting desired (75F)? I could swear that I had turned off E-Heat the previous drive, but returning home, the E-Heat came back on by itself. I could not find any details on how the E-heat works in the manual.

I find that if you use “Auto” settings, the heat, AC, and recirc all get turned on and off randomly. I stopped using Auto.

 

[E-ONE]

Hi all,

Got delivery of my Platinum on Thursday. It's currently -15C here where I live.

I've noticed 2 things 1) not great range (fine, whatever), but 2) the climate control can't seem to keep the windows unfogged unless I have it on max defrost pretty much the whole time.

Anyone else noticed these issues? Perhaps I'm one of the farthest north owners at this point at 54 degrees

Thanks!

New to the forum, was looking for similar problems with the climate control system on my 2023 lariat ER.
in temperatures below -15 Celsius, the interior windows would fog up and given enough time turned to ice.
Through experimentation, could only keep them clear, if on defrost. Took it to a dealer and they confirmed the problem but Ford engineers reported that the climate control system was operating as designed. There was nothing else they could do.
Was pretty frustrated with this, so I started calling around to other dealers, and found rural dealer owner that was willing to admit that they had a similar problem with the same model and year. They went through the same procedure with Ford, but the engineers admitted to them (not in writing) that this was an issue because of the way the environmental system was designed. In order to conserve battery power, heat is obtained and conserved in two fashions. Resistance heat, and the utilization of waste heat in the form of recirculating the cooling/heating water that surrounds the battery pack. The conservation method involves the air recirculation feature that is most commonly used for high air-conditioning. Circulation mode will come on automatically to recirculate the warm air in the cab rather than bringing in cold air. Unfortunately, recirculating warm, moist air will condense on the interior glass surfaces and form fog and if it’s cold enough, ice.
Selecting the defrost only, does not activate the recirculation actuator hence the ability to clear the windows quickly.
The only workaround for this issue was to disconnect the wire connected to the recirculation actuator, which solved the problem completely.
Ford verbally reported to the owner of the dealership that a reprogram may be coming in the future if there were enough complaints.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Attention has been brought to the other thread, no need to replicate further...........

Sponsored