jthiesse13
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I used the FCSP that I got with my Lightning but had a 60 amp breaker installed and dialed it down to draw 48amps (I can't remember the setting number). I get 20 miles of charge per hour and it's plenty fast to charge up from 15%-90% overnight. Unless you plan to use the home charger and spend the additional money, I would recommend using the FCSP, I've had no problems with it in the 3 months since it was installed and I live in Phx where it's been 115 outside.I received my Charge Station Pro today. I had read about the challenges a lot of customers were having and I guess I'll have to go through them.
Just looking it over, I was unpleasanty surprised with the CSP and its build.
I'm probably going to use a surface-mount 4" square box and conduit and use a 2x4 to set the FCSP off the wall - maybe this will give it some more airflow behind it too. I was missing some parts so installation will have to wait until I'm back on Saturday or Sunday.
- For a high-current device expected to handle 20 kW, the physical device is CHEAPLY made. Everything is cheap plastic. At a minimum, I'd expect a metal baseplate to dissipate some of the heat and provide some support for heavy-duty wiring.
- By default the manufacturer expects you to use in-the-wall wiring from the back, coupled to the unit through a 2-gang switchbox behind the FCSP into a 4-hole cable gland in the unit for entry. For new construction where you can put the conduit and circuit in the wall, this is likely to be ok, but for my install (surface-mount onto an existing plywood wall) this means feeding from the back may not work. Which leads me to...
- If you DO use surface-mount conduit, there are no marked knockouts for entry into the chassis and you're expected to drill your own and use a Myers hub to attach the conduit to the unit. Definitely a cheap-out there. C'mon, Ford, you could have at least marked safe and proper locations for conduit entry into this thing and/or provided reinforced areas for conduit adapters.
- There is absolutely nowhere for the heat to go in this unit... it's going to be concentrated in the contactors and connectors.
No wonder this thing is having problems delivering 80A, there's absolutely nowhere for the heat to dissipate. The Tesla HPWC is 50x a better-engineered device.
Part deux, below:
https://www.f150lightningforum.com/...s-on-the-charge-station-pro.11300/post-235089
Some observations on getting the FCSP linked to FordPass:
https://www.f150lightningforum.com/...s-on-the-charge-station-pro.11300/post-235413
https://www.f150lightningforum.com/...s-on-the-charge-station-pro.11300/post-235436
My 2 cents....
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