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I only have FORScan Lite for android but it was the SODBM module. There's a few entries for charger input amps, output current (that would be at the HVB's voltage so it would be a lower number), etc. Can even view the PWM pulse width of the pilot signal (so you know exactly what the EVSE is...

Ah breadboards, they always get me into trouble.

Also not strictly required for functioning of the EV/drivetrain components. Stupid but true... Ford's gonna use every reason to weasel themselves out of paying for anything.

So we know 2017's appear to be safe at 240V unmodified... prior years it's a gamble. Or at least one part# does work.

That's awesome... I love a good 'ole fashioned hack!

No idea of course beyond an educated guess but I would think "contactors stuck closed" means the HVB can't be isolated from the rest of the vehicle (high voltage bus is live all the time) when it's shut down... in theory that wouldn't be any worse than if you left the car "on" and walked away...

An inline fuse maybe? It's a typical protection method for lower voltage DC stuff anyhow.

I think a 150V varistor would preclude its use at 240V as it should short circuit the input, tripping the breaker and overheating the input wiring. Unless it blows "open" instead, rendering itself useless right away while the remainder of the EVSE functions OK. That would be a technical design...

I'd keep it local if possible. Consider the risk that you may be stranded at your destination if the contactors goof up. Then again with a blizzard you might not be going far anyway, but on the other hand, the risk of getting stranded is that much higher; and if the HVB can't be energized you...

Are there L1 EVSE's out there with no pilot/proximity signal? I seem to recall the J1772 standard allows for some basic L1 charging with no pilot signal but I don't recall the details... I think at least the proximity signal needs to be present?

Straight to the dealer..... wouldn't touch those codes with a 10 foot pole!

My understanding is it's not. The LV DC power supply for the EVSE should work fine on 50Hz or 60Hz (it all gets rectified to DC), same as the vehicle's BCCM charger in fact, and the Mennekes plug is compatible with J1772 type 1 (in fact there are passive adapter cables out there) electrically...

Yeah the only catch is there's some thermistor or similar inside the stock plug... might be nice to figure out exactly what that is, and replace it with a new one, but it would also be nice to retain the original functionality by embedding it in the C20 receptacle somehow. Probably not...

That was me fyi :)

Probably easier to add CHAdeMO to a vehicle than CCS sadly, as CCS's protocol for communication looks like a massive committee-designed clusterf*** depending on obscure hardware (Homelink GreenPHY) whereas CHAdeMO uses CAN... available natively on a number of different microcontrollers, or...

Yeah the big Q now is what is the part# for yours... Mine is FM58-10B706-AJ per the label on the back

Good stuff! I glossed over the math for now but wanted to congratulate you on the free battery upgrade!

The Energi PHEV's also have GO Times just like FFE, where it heats the interior using only electric power available from the BCCM (charger), but mind you these only have a 3.3kW charger (air cooled, as is the battery, unlike the FFE). The GO Times seem to begin the preheat process more than...

^ what he said. IIRC it's a PTC heater similar to the FFE, and the coolant is in a shared system with the engine - fun fact the engine doesn't have a mechanical water pump, it's all electric and there's a smaller aux water pump to circulate the heater core coolant when the heater core loop is...

Thought I was reading the C-Max energi forum for a sec but the forum color scheme wasn't quite right... Yeah frozen fuel line probably isn't it ;-)