14-Hour Power Cut: Did the F-150 Lightning's Home Backup ACTUALLY WORK?

14-Hour Power Cut: Did the F-150 Lightning's Home Backup ACTUALLY WORK? https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/7323fadd-d96a-4ddc-8d37-b4f26b4783a6 Late last Friday, while preparing to publish that week's episode of TEN — Transport Evolved News — the power to the TE Studio flickered. Then the lights went out. We've owned a Ford F-150 Lightning for four years, and the Ford Home Integration System — recently discontinued entirely, and never 100% reliable — for nearly as long. Yet only recently have we seen Ford's system show even an interest in working properly. This power cut wasn't a freak event. It wasn't a planned outage, or a safety disconnection to prevent forest fires. Someone lost control of their car and took out a power pole — and it was 14 hours until mains power came back on. So were we sitting in the dark? Or did the Ford system actually behave well enough to keep us reliably powered? It's time to find out. ⏱️ Episode Timeline 00:00 Introduction: Ortegas & the Ford Charge Station Pro 01:34 Ford discontinued it — how truck backup works now 03:43 In the cool! (and a "peak power event") 05:17 What actually happened that Friday night 06:09 Ford's original promise of the Home Integration System 06:45 Why we got it in the first place 07:46 What caused the power cut 09:44 We lost internet — and why Starlink's gone 11:20 Getting it working: the manual start 12:17 How much power did we use? (Home Assistant) 14:50 The needs of the well 16:33 The power glitches on cue 17:53 AC heating and cooling 20:09 Two circuits, and why we use Ford over Pro Power 21:19 We're a ways out — having this system is a bonus 24:13 The little compromises (kettle vs espresso) 25:21 Better than a generator: the morning chorus 26:16 Thanks and goodbye! 👥 Today’s Sponsors 🌱 Electric Vehicle Association - https://www.myeva.org ⚡ EnergySage - https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101290941-16952262 — ✊ Get Involved 🗳️ https://indivisible.org/town-hall-resources ❤️ Support the Show 📰 https://www.transportevolved.com 🔥 https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved ☕ https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved 📺 https://www.youtube.com/transportevolved 👕 https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/ 🛍️ https://amzn.to/40xOyjm ₿ 1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH 💬 Join the Conversation 🐘 https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/@show 💬 https://discord.gg/9WAjfQn 💬 https://fluxer.gg/mcj8aehg 🌀 https://bsky.app/profile/transportevolved.bsky.social 🔁 Subscribe to our 2nd channel - https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 🎙️ Credits: Host, Script, Editor: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Color: Vi Horton Art & Animation : Erin Carlie Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Music: via Artlist.io Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:40:09 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.tv 14-Hour Power Cut: Did the F-150 Lightning's Home Backup ACTUALLY WORK? https://peertube.tv/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/7323fadd-d96a-4ddc-8d37-b4f26b4783a6 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.tv/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.