Notice from Ford today..."New Ford Intelligent Backup Power experience"

[Pitbull2o08]

I remember back in May, we were supposed to get another App to monitor this. Is this website the "app" i need to add to my phone?

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[Jake24]

Does anyone even have a "working as intended" system set up?

I live on the side of a 7000' mountain where power interruptions aren't unusual. This works for me.

 

[invertedspear]

I live on the side of a 7000' mountain where power interruptions aren't unusual. This works for me.

That's great and all, but Ford didn't include "throw a giant generator on to your house because HIS is completely unreliable" in the sales brochure for the truck. They did, however, promise that my lights could stay on in the case of emergency, and until a couple people spoke up, all I've ever heard about are problems from that system.

 

[Jake24]

That's great and all, but Ford didn't include "throw a giant generator on to your house because HIS is completely unreliable" in the sales brochure for the truck. They did, however, promise that my lights could stay on in the case of emergency, and until a couple people spoke up, all I've ever heard about are problems from that system.

With Generac I get a fully functioning house in the event of an outage & also get to drive my truck.
C'mon, how many have actually installed a trouble free HIS? A sketchy gimmick at best...no thanks.

Base price for installing Ford Charge Station Pro ranges from $1,250-$1,650. When paired together with HIS hardware & installation, base price ranges from $8,900-9,400 USD

 

[LightningDoug]

Does anyone even have a "working as intended" system set up? I feel like I've only ever seen a couple people say they were close.

I purchased my 2022 Lightning specifically for its bidirectional battery to use the HIS for our all-electric, solar powered home when the TX grid drops. I had Sunrun install the HIS ($9k including hardware) 2 months after finding my Lariat SR at my local dealer.

The system worked exactly as expected for a year, then with a truck software update in February the Charge Station disappeared from my Truck/Ford Pass and neither Ford or Sunrun could tell me how to reinstall. And after a week, Ford let me know it was an issue on their end (software) and their engineering team would have it fixed by May 1. Which came and went without a fix & we had a couple power outages.

Ford offered me a $1,200 payment for the hassle & got the software fixed to allow the
pro charger to be reconnected to the HIS & the HIS functioning by mid June.

All is well now.

But what a reminder as to how an EV is complysoftware dependent. We drive a big ass battery powered computer!

Doug- Fort Worth, TX

 

[invertedspear]

I purchased my 2022 Lightning specifically for its bidirectional battery to use the HIS for our all-electric, solar powered home when the TX grid drops. I had Sunrun install the HIS ($9k including hardware) 2 months after finding my Lariat SR at my local dealer.

The system worked exactly as expected for a year, then with a truck software update in February the Charge Station disappeared from my Truck/Ford Pass and neither Ford or Sunrun could tell me how to reinstall. And after a week, Ford let me know it was an issue on their end (software) and their engineering team would have it fixed by May 1. Which came and went without a fix & we had a couple power outages.

Ford offered me a $1,200 payment for the hassle & got the software fixed to allow the
pro charger to be reconnected to the HIS & the HIS functioning by mid June.

All is well now.

But what a reminder as to how an EV is complysoftware dependent. We drive a big ass battery powered computer!

Doug- Fort Worth, TX

Your story also highlights how we need a universal standard for V2L. Ford is here doing their own thing, Tesla is too. PG&E is doing something completely different. Not sure about what other OEMs are doing. If we had a standard we wouldn't have to depend so much on legacy car manufacturers trying to be software companies. They have a horrible track record of it.

 

[SC_Sparky]

Because I could not find anyone in my area of Midwest who was willing to be an installer of the Ford/Sunrun system, I found someone who had off-grid experience and installed a home battery back-up system with solar feed enabled to charge it when a grid failure (otherwise solar supplements home and sells to grid, if excess). Then, I (well, they...) installed a 30 amp generator type plug in the garage that is wired to optionally charge the home battery from the Lightning 240V truck bed outlet. Not cheap but this had the most flexibility (esp. because it uses my solar or Lightning if grid down) and I don't need to keep the Lightning trapped at home to keep circuits energized, if I don't want to.

Question- which charge controller and battery system are using out of curiosity?

 

[srspring551]

Question- which charge controller and battery system are using out of curiosity?

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