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    Supercharger - Medford, NJ

    I was at the Wawa in Medford (intersection of Rt. 70 and Eayrestown Rd.) over the weekend and noticed a Supercharger installation was nearly complete. I couldn't find any posts about it here or on supercharge.info. If anyone is in the area, please post updates.
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    Sharp increase in Service Center hourly labor rate

    I live in southeastern PA, and I've had the unfortunate luck of having to bring my 2013 Model S P85 in for service (at the same Service Center) in July, August, and September of this year. In July, the hourly labor rate was $175/hour. In August it was $195/hour, and in September it was...
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    Trickle charge 12V battery to stop vampire drain?

    Yes, but I was losing as much as 15 miles/day for over a year. The 4.5 miles/day was measured during the first few days out of the shop and without any driving. Hopefully it will improve as I gather more data, but for a 2013 Model S, I'll take what I can get.
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    Trickle charge 12V battery to stop vampire drain?

    The mystery is solved. I took my car to a new Service Center that just opened up near me. Fortunately for me, they weren't as fixated on my 3rd party accessories and apps as the other Service Center and actually found the cause of my excessive battery drain. It turns out one of my powertrain...
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    Trickle charge 12V battery to stop vampire drain?

    A review of my car's activity shows that it hasn't slept since the day before I picked it up at the Service Center. Since bringing my car home from the Service Center, I've tried deleting my home wifi network, putting the fobs in an old Altoids tin (makeshift faraday cage) while storing them...
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    Trickle charge 12V battery to stop vampire drain?

    Yeah, I hadn't considered that. Then again, I left my car in the back of the parking lot, so there's that. My car has been able to update its software a few times since this started, so I'm guessing that's not the issue.
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    Trickle charge 12V battery to stop vampire drain?

    aerodyne - Yes, I agree about the Service Center and I do understand that SMT just reads when the car is awake. I just got carried away with my rant about the Service Center. 😜 As for pulling data off the CANBus, I can definitely see how useful it can be, but I'm not quite there yet. You have...
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    Trickle charge 12V battery to stop vampire drain?

    Thanks, aerodyne. As much as knowing what's going on "under the hood" of my car appeals to the geek in me, I'm afraid I won't be able to do anything with the information. When I offered the Service Center the data I posted above to show how much energy my car is losing while idle, I was told...
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    Trickle charge 12V battery to stop vampire drain?

    So my car is continuing to drain power while idle (see below for stats while parked), and I asked Tesla about it at my most recent service visit. They said everything checked out as normal and they couldn't find anything wrong with the car. They did give me a P85D as a loaner, and I noticed that...
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    Trickle charge 12V battery to stop vampire drain?

    Thanks. Good to know. I did ask the service center about the cause of my vampire drain back in the spring, and they said it was due to my "unauthorized accessories" (radar detector and laser shifter, both on a circuit that shuts off when I exit the car; I've also had them since 2013, and this...
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    Trickle charge 12V battery to stop vampire drain?

    Hmmm...that would make sense. I do notice a humming noise coming from the car (probably the front—I never listened closely enough) often when I'd go into the garage. Since I don't drive my car much (or far) on a daily basis, I keep the SOC around 50%. Do you happen to know why the pumps run so...
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    Trickle charge 12V battery to stop vampire drain?

    Thanks, aerodyne. I disconnected all 3rd party apps when I started logging my vampire drain. I've since reconnected one—Recurrent (they only ping the car 3x/day), and that didn't affect vampire drain. Do you know how much electricity your car was consuming before you started using your trickle...
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    Trickle charge 12V battery to stop vampire drain?

    Thanks, Snowstorm. Yes, I came up with the same estimate of about 120W average draw, but that's what's going into the HV battery pack. I'm assuming there's significant loss when the battery pack charges the 12V battery and that something (running on 12V) is drawing more power than a year ago...
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    Trickle charge 12V battery to stop vampire drain?

    For about the past year, I've noticed significant vampire drain in my 2013 P85. My car sits in the garage more days that it's driven, and I've noticed that I'm consistently losing about 0.4 to 0.5 mi/hr of range when parked, and this was after disconnecting all 3rd party connections. Long story...