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I was thinking about trading in my R1T for an S and was able to get an offer before committing. I used the customer service chat and they got me in touch with a lead sales specialist who gave me the offer. I can provide his email for you if you like.

Just got an email from Ford saying our adapter is delayed until June. Wonder which will get here first.

I already upgraded to a Charfgepoint Homeflex and changed to a #6. Just wondering what do do with the old charger.

Is this salvageable?

I had a 30A charger with 50A breaker and 50A outlet. Consensus is that the outlet was faulty and not good grade leading to the issue.

I’m also getting about 9.4 according to ChargePoint app

An update on this: electrician came out and hardwired our new charger and said previous electrician had used #8 wires. Not sure if this contributed to the issue. I think #8 should be ok for a 30A charger but not for the 50A breaker. We updated the wire to a #6 and will Be charging at 40A.

This is correct. They used a #6 wire. Previous electrician had used only a #8, which may have been the reason for the outlet burning necessitating the new install.

I asked about upgrading to a 60Amp breaker but electrician said it’s not a good idea since my panel is only 100 A. I didn’t really question him. 50A breakers serves our need fine.

Thanks! That does help! I turned the Amp setting in the truck down to 40 and it didn’t change the rate so I think it was always just pulling 40.

Quick question. In the energy screen in the truck it says it’s charging at 42A. Is it safe to assume that only 40A are going through since it’s charging at 9.37 kw according to the ChargePoint app?

Thanks. That makes sense.

I just had the Homeflex charger hardwired and when I was setting it up it asked for the Brraker Amperage, which is 50. Does this mean it will charge at 50 Amps? I don’t see any way to chose the actual amps when charging. Am I missing something? thanks

If you actually look at the lease prices, the Quad motors are sometimes cheaper than the dual motors. Question is: are you going to buy out the R1S when the lease is done. If you are I’d go for the DM since it will be cheaper to buy out. If youre going to give it back anyways, just for for the...

How do I know what the outlet is rated? Why electricians make a 50 Amp breaker and only install a 30 Amp outlet?

Thanks for all the input everyone. Just ordered the hardwired ChargeFlex. In case anyone is interested, i asked the bot on their website for a discount code and he gave me one for 10% off. ? Use code Drift10.

To be fair my original post wasn’t 100% clear. Looks like I’ll be bringing in an electrician to hardwire a charger and review the whole installation.

Other people can chime in, but I don’t believe this is correct. My breaker is 50 Amps and the charger is 30Amps. I believe the 80% rule is for picking the charger. For example the next charger I chose should be no more than 40 Amps. That’s my understanding.

Yes. It’s 30 Amp and I’m usually charging at 7.1 kw/h so that would mean it’s drawing 30A( 240x30).