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    Charging and life recommendations...

    I believe it charges to 100% but tries to limit you to only drawing down 80% each cycle. As with any battery it's best to limit your depth of discharge and going to 0% is bad (drastically reduced cycles before dead). We should be using the top 80% of the battery and not charging to 80% of...
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    Charging Station Options For The Focus Electric

    I did some testing using the 120v charger and after 28 miles using 6.1 kWh it took 9.1 kWh to charge it up. Hopefully the level 2 Ford charger I'm having installed tomorrow will be more effecient like they profess. I tested using the trip summary screen after reset for my daily commute on a...
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    Charging and life recommendations...

    Anyone have these? Is it best to do shallow discharges and not charge to 100% every night? I've read some other vehicles let you reduce maximum charge to something like 80% but I don't think this is available on the FFE. This may not be as big of a deal to life expectancy like always deep...
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    Question : Regarding Portable generators and the FFE

    Honda EU2000 would fit the bill nicely since the 120v charger draws about 1400-1500 watts. I have one and an FEV if you are interested in me testing it's ability. I use the 8 year old generator all the time to charge my electric Polaris Ranger and it draws about 1200 watts so I don't think it...
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