jmueller065
Well-known member
I've noticed several posts on here with vehicles not properly value charging.
In my case I've seen it be very erratic (case in point: This evening: I arrived home from my commute and plugged in--it started charging immediately. Went out for dinner and returned upon plugin it says "waiting to charge" and shows the proper start time). Hmm.
Then it occurred to me: There are also people complaining that the GPS isn't very accurate--hey! If the GPS isn't that accurate then it won't notice that you are at your "Home" charge point and obviously not use the home charge profile.
To verify this I've left the MFT screen on the "green setup screen" (the new one in 3.5 where it shows the % battery state, shows how much time to charge, lets you skip the next go time, etc.). On the bottom of this screen it shows the charge profile it will use if/when plugged in--this screen is live: As we drove up our street I saw it change from my public profile ("charge now + X.X hours") to my home value charge profile as we approached our house.
For the next few days I'm going to keep that screen up as I return home to see if it detects the proper profile based on location...
In my case I've seen it be very erratic (case in point: This evening: I arrived home from my commute and plugged in--it started charging immediately. Went out for dinner and returned upon plugin it says "waiting to charge" and shows the proper start time). Hmm.
Then it occurred to me: There are also people complaining that the GPS isn't very accurate--hey! If the GPS isn't that accurate then it won't notice that you are at your "Home" charge point and obviously not use the home charge profile.
To verify this I've left the MFT screen on the "green setup screen" (the new one in 3.5 where it shows the % battery state, shows how much time to charge, lets you skip the next go time, etc.). On the bottom of this screen it shows the charge profile it will use if/when plugged in--this screen is live: As we drove up our street I saw it change from my public profile ("charge now + X.X hours") to my home value charge profile as we approached our house.
For the next few days I'm going to keep that screen up as I return home to see if it detects the proper profile based on location...