Scheduling on charger can cause issues with preconditioning and climate start

[jimfigler]

Just an FYI and this may be obvious to some. Since I installed my ChargePoint Home Flex back in the spring I've been scheduling the charging time in the ChargePoint app and not in the truck. The truck had no schedule set. The primary reason I did this was because ChargePoint lets you schedule in half hour increments and I wanted to set 11:30pm to 7:00am. I noticed recently that if you climate start while plugged in and you are outside the 11:30pm to 7:00am schedule the truck can't pull power from the house, so it pulls juice from the battery. I don't often precondition but I'm assuming the same will happen if you are outside that window.

Sponsored

 

[Grumpy2]

Were you able to confirm the HVB was preconditioned when the truck wasn't plugged in, and not just the cab heated?
When we are out and about I like to remote start while not plugged in so the truck is warm when we get to it. I don't believe the remote start does anything to precondition the HVB...