What is this yellow adapter(?) that came with my Lightning?

[Scott Libre]

23 Lariat, did not get.

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[FirstF150InCasco]

Did not get with May 2022 build of ER Lariat.

 

[CavRider]

23 Lariat ER. Did receive adapter.

 

[Calvin H-C]

Ford has been running a commercial for the past month for both the MME and Lightning with a "so you thought EVs were boring..." tag line. In it, they say they "make an EV so powerful, it can charge other EVs" and they show someone using one of these adapters with what I believe is the Ford mobile charger (the shot is very quick).

Has anyone used their Ford mobile charger with the Pro Power outlet?

The thing is, I thought the mobile charger is rated to deliver either 30 or 32 amps - I seem to recall it may have been originally rated at 32 but was re-rated/de-rated to 30. I also thought the Pro Power 240 volt outlet's overcurrent protection is 30 amps, but I assumed the 80% maximum continuous load rule in electrical codes should apply to the Pro Power outlet, which means one should not be drawing more than 24 amps continuously. That said, overcurrent protection of 30 amps would not do it's thing, at least not immediately, if something we're drawing 30. Though, that's cutting it close.

 

[Schroederhc1]

I got one with my 23 XLT ER

 

[mrau]

Has anyone used their mobile charger with the Pro Power outlet?

Yes. I used a Tesla mobile charger with the 14-30 plug pigtail. It charges at 24 amps.

I used the Ford yellow adapter that came with my truck and plugged it into the Pro Power L30 outlet. Then plugged my 14-50 to 14-30 adapter into the yellow adapter. Then I was able to plug the 14-30 pigtail into that.

Oh, I also used a NACS to CCS Level 2 adapter so it would plug into the car.

Sort of a Rube Goldberg connection with all the adapters, but it worked great and charged a VW ID4 just fine.

 

[MaintGrl]

I bought my 2023 Lightning, end of Dec. 2023, I didn't get one. . .lucky you!

 

[potato]

They are only 25 or 30 bucks so no big deal either way. Very common RV accessory used to plug an RV into a generator.

 

[EdRudy]

September 2022 Lariat ER build - adapter not included.

 

[Shawnson]

This came with my lighting XLT extended range. The salesman hasn’t been able to tell me what it is….

For the bed. Because 14-50 is way more popular than the 30 amp twist lock it comes with. I think it’s new they started including these.

 

[FLSpartan04]

I forget who mentioned it, but I think that person may have been on to something about including the mobile charger. I have a 23 XLT ER with the mobile charger on the sticker and it included it. May be a stack of conditions requiring pro power on board and mobile charger. Who knows, glad I have it in case of emergency though. Just keep it with my mobile charger in the frunk.

 

[CdnCGM23]

MY23 mostly got them to make up for the lack of bed scales and heated steering .

 

[carys98]

Ford has been running a commercial for the past month for both the MME and Lightning with a "so you thought EVs were boring..." tag line. In it, they say they "make an EV so powerful, it can charge other EVs" and they show someone using one of these adapters with what I believe is the Ford mobile charger (the shot is very quick).

Has anyone used their Ford mobile charger with the Pro Power outlet?

The thing is, I thought the mobile charger is rated to deliver either 30 or 32 amps - I seem to recall it may have been originally rated at 32 but was re-rated/de-rated to 30. I also thought the Pro Power 240 volt outlet's overcurrent protection is 30 amps, but I assumed the 80% maximum continuous load rule in electrical codes should apply to the Pro Power outlet, which means one should not be drawing more than 24 amps continuously. That said, overcurrent protection of 30 amps would not do it's thing, at least not immediately, if something we're drawing 30. Though, that's cutting it close.

That derating is based on residential wiring. The truck is engineered to deliver 30A continuously. The mobile charger that comes with the MachE is set for 32A but for the Lightning we get a 14-50 dongle with a yellow band indicating that it is rated for 30A, specifically so it could be used with the ProPower. There is a thread where someone tested the two versions of the portable unit with their Lightning and the MachE tripped the breaker but the Lightning version worked at 30A but I can’t find it right now.

 

[Kev12345]

why doesn't ford's pro power just come as a common 14-50 outlet like the cybertruck?

 

[potato]

why doesn't ford's pro power just come as a common 14-50 outlet like the cybertruck?

To me it makes sense to have a 30 amp outlet if the output is limited to 30 amps. 14-30 (dryer plug) would have been another choice but that's not a common generator standard like L14-30, so adapters wouldn't be as easily available.

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