merkurmaniac
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So I drove to the woodlands, and put the car on a chargepoint level 2 charger and rode the bike I brought with me to my sister's house a mile away. About 4 hours later, I went back and the charger said:
4.4 hrs, 0.00KWhr
"Oh crap!" I opened the door, and yep, 17 miles range. I redid the process and it said that it was charging.... I rode my bike back to my sister's in shame and told her that it would be 9:52 pm before my car would be charged. Thankfully, I would probably have spent that same amount of time there anyways, but it was a really uncool surprise. So what happened ?
The next day, I called chargepoint, but they had no real info since it was a free to charge session, they don't gather info. He read from the manual online and said that I am supposed to set the brake (I know I have never pulled the brake lever once since I have had the car.) Also, the car should be powered off and locked, he said. I am thinking that I most likely parked the car, but didn't hit the "Start/power" button to turn the car off, before I plugged in the charger. Doh ! Bummer of a way to learn. Oh, and MyFordMobile kinda sucks. How can I refresh the data without logging out and then back in ? How do yall do it ?
Richard
4.4 hrs, 0.00KWhr
"Oh crap!" I opened the door, and yep, 17 miles range. I redid the process and it said that it was charging.... I rode my bike back to my sister's in shame and told her that it would be 9:52 pm before my car would be charged. Thankfully, I would probably have spent that same amount of time there anyways, but it was a really uncool surprise. So what happened ?
The next day, I called chargepoint, but they had no real info since it was a free to charge session, they don't gather info. He read from the manual online and said that I am supposed to set the brake (I know I have never pulled the brake lever once since I have had the car.) Also, the car should be powered off and locked, he said. I am thinking that I most likely parked the car, but didn't hit the "Start/power" button to turn the car off, before I plugged in the charger. Doh ! Bummer of a way to learn. Oh, and MyFordMobile kinda sucks. How can I refresh the data without logging out and then back in ? How do yall do it ?
Richard
and the connection was getting intermittent. However, I was always ensure the car was charging when I left...either looking at the charge ring or checking the app. That way, if something ever happened during the charge process, I'd get a text or an e-mail....these are 2 of the 3 options in the myfordmobile app/online tool. The 3rd is a push notification to your phone if you have the app installed.