muzicman61 Posted February 28, 2020 at 07:42 PM Report Share Posted February 28, 2020 at 07:42 PM Ever since I set up a "Home" value charge profile, twice in the last two month, the car has started charging immediately after I get home and plug it in. Don't recall it ever happening with the "default" charge profile. Curious if anyone else has experienced this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsamp Posted February 29, 2020 at 05:51 AM Report Share Posted February 29, 2020 at 05:51 AM I've only ever used 'default' but there have been a couple of times where upon plugging it in it took a minute for the car to realize what mode it was in: 'charge now' or 'value charge'. I've had it go both ways, where it starts doing one, then within 30-60 seconds it switches over. It's like it forgot which mode it was in. I don't think I've ever had it ignore my setting though and continue charging when it shouldn't have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickEnergi Posted July 2, 2020 at 12:27 PM Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 at 12:27 PM Yes, it is a common issue that the vehicle ignores the charging profile. We have peak power rates from 11AM to 7PM, Mon-Fri. All other hours, and weekends, are rates are much lower. On an irregular basis, the vehicle ignores the charging profile and starts charging. People said "it's because it's totally discharged." Nope. It does it when it's totally discharged, and doesn't do it when it's totally discharged. And it does it when it's only 1/3rd discharged. Since Covid-19, we have been driving it little, preferring to take our F-150 and load food into coolers and bins. When we drive it once every week or two, it is now always ignoring the charging profile. We set an alarm for 7PM and go plug it in. Ford's EV software is very lacking. Eager to see how they make it work with the new F-150 and Mustang E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzicman61 Posted July 2, 2020 at 03:40 PM Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 at 03:40 PM Once I deleted the custom profile and went back to just the default profile, I haven't had any issues. We too have peak power rates (and cheap power rates) so generally my car charges over night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickEnergi Posted November 19, 2020 at 01:18 PM Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 at 01:18 PM My solution was to put a smart plug on the outlet (rated for 15amps) that only supplies power to the charger during the low rates times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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