Charging your Mach-E at Home! Tips on charging equipment and charging best practices!

Setting up home charging for your Mach-E or other electric vehicle can be a little tricky, but once you have it done, charging becomes super easy. We cover the basics of getting a circuit installed, picking a charger, and tips for charging. Check below for our recommended chargers and if you have any questions, just add a comment and I'll get back to you!

Top chargers or EVSEs:

Tesla Universal Wall Connector - Supports Tesla and other EVs like the Mach-E!

Emporia Level 2 Charger

Emporia has a range of EV chargers and other home energy products. Use this link to check out all of their products and to save 5%. You can also just use the code MachEVlog5 when you checkout.

Autel Chargers

EVIQO Charger

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[EELinneman]

Keep in mind the load on the circuit has to be derated to 80% of capacity, so a 50 amp circuit supports a 40 amp setting on the charger. Also, do not skimp on the outlet. The cheaper ones are not designed or built to carry that much load for that long. Another great video from the best in the field. Thank you Liv and Patrick.

[PettitPlaysGolf]

Another great video, very much appreciated from someone who has admired the Mach-E for 2 years now and finally about to buy a house and a Mach-E! Can’t wait

[Yanquetino]

Yay! You got your Mach-E back! This post will prove informative for EV neophytes! As for me… heh… I've been charging my EVs for a dozen year now, from both 120V and 240V outlets, dedicated EVSEs, and mobile connectors at RV parks, the homes of family and friends, etc. Easy-peasy!

[rojor]

First-time owner here of a used '23 Premium Std Range (Li-Ion), and wanted to say thanks for the tips on this video. Answered every question I had.

[dmunro]

The typical exterior or garage 120v outlet is a NEMA 5-15 (15A peak and 12A continuous). If the outlet is fed with a 20A breaker using 12-2 wire the outlet can be changed to a NEMA 5-20 (20A peak and 16A continuous), and then with the correct plug adapter the EV can charge at 15 or 16amp/120v which provides a nice boost in charging at very little cost. 12-2 wire will also support a breaker change from 15A to 20A. Additionally if the 12-2 wire outlet has a dedicated breaker (no other loads on that circuit) it might be possible to change the breaker to a 20amp 240v and the outlet to a NEMA 6-20, which will allow charging at 240v at up to 16amps. This is often the cheapest way to get L2 charging at home. I did both of these mods in my garage for very little money and I have NEMA 5-20 and 6-20 outlets available.

[freakyflockfarm]

I installed the Emporia charger (using a plug in) and installed their panel monitoring. I love it since we are on a demand load billing - the charger will adjust what it supplies to the car based on what the main panel is using - so we don’t go over a 10kw demand at any time even if the hot tub is heating.

[PeaceChanel]

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[ToreyD]

FYI. I had to get my circuit box upgraded and has the charger that I bought offline for $500 installed all in it was $2, 000, but now it's hardwired directly into my circuit box with its own dedicated circuit=peace of mind
Casteel was the company

[jeremygaal]

Love my Emporia. I got frustrated waiting for my CSP from Ford, so i bought one and have loved it

[Billy.]

You can do a 48A EVSE on a 60A outlet (NEMA14-60) per NEC 625.44 (A) (3) and hardwired goes up to an 80A EVSE on a 100A circuit (such as the Ford Charge Station Pro).
You could have done something like the Emporia with load management. It uses a couple current sensors that get installed on the line side of your main breaker and monitor your overall load in real time. Light load and the EVSE can run up to 48A, turn on everything in your house and the output can drop all the way down to 6A.
The Ford mobile EVSE is made by Webasto, who also makes identical EVSE for other manufacturers, such as VW, that are cheaper.

[YeOldeTraveller]

Just got a new Mach-E, and it took a while to determine that I needed to connect at home before I would be able to set a limit. I wish there was a way to set the default limits for AC and DC charging separate from the locations.

I also work from home most days, and there is Level 2 charging at work on the days I do go in. I plan to only charge to 75% at home. We will see how that works. We have TOU rates, so I will be excluding the off-peak periods.

Thanks for the video.

[asselinpower]

I have a 2024 Xtended range . I have a x6 Flo charger . It s supposed to run on 48 amp and it should charge up to 12kw.

For some reason, it tops at 46 amp and charges at 10kw… I have no idea why…. Would you know ?

[Will-mvol]

Any recommendations on what to do if you get a charging paused message when home charging? Just purchased my new Mach E and can't charge at home.

[MattKoester-lt]

I think you touched on this 16 minutes in but I am having issues charging my 2024 Mach E with my hardwired Chargepoint Charger.. Using Fordpass App for scheduling (2300-0500) and set my Chargepoint home charger to no schedule. When I plug in outside of the Ford scheduled time, the charger starts charging. I would like to avoid this as our rates are steep during the day in AZ. Should I set up the Chargepoint schedule in addition to the schedule in the Ford? Again, I think you answered this but just clarifying.

[Rich_Juricich]

I've found the level 2 (240 volt) mobile charging cable that comes with the Mach E works fine for my in home use. I don't drive a lot every day, so no need for anything more elaborate. The Ford Pass software works fine for scheduling and monitoring charge levels. I am interested in learning more about connecting my charging unit to a home solar power system. Is it necessary to get a battery to make that work, or just charge during the day?

[jenniferfisher]

Your channel is so helpful! Have you tested the Ford Level 2 charger? If so, what do you think? Ford is currently offering an install of at home charger covering up to $1000 cost of equipment + installation) or $1000 cash. What would you take??

[thomaswilson]

You might consider not putting in an outlet as some chargers are hardwired and no outlet is needed.
Also if you put in a outlet new codes require a ground fault breaker.
Another thing to consider.
Your car now has a CCS connector and all new vehicles from Ford will be using the Tesla plug.
There are chargers that have both..
Built in CVS adapters for present vehicles and a Tesla plug for new vehicles.

[gfunktuba]

Would it be possible to adapt a 30A RV outlet to charge a machine e?

[daphenom]

Hi, thanks for this video. I'm curious, have you checked your HV Battery State of Health with an OBD scanner? I checked my 19 month MME and it's at 94.5 State of health. Just curious if anyone else has had this kind of degradation in less than 2 yrs.

[jaydub]

I'm curious why you did not recommend using an existing 240 V dryer outlet ? I had to get a plug adapter to use with my included Ford charger for my 2023 machE, but it has been working perfectly, I actually contacted an electrician first and he said that is a safe option if that's the way you want to go, saves me $$$$ too