Airport parking winter for 15 days

[Olivier M]

Hi everyone, just sharing my experience with my Tesla 3 that I parked for 15 days at Incheon Airport during winter time.
I charged my car up to 90%, took the trip from Seoul to Incheon about 50km. Arrived there with 74%. Then let my car outside for 15 days on temperature going from -15 to 2 degres Celsius. I came back and was happy to see that I have lost only 2% so I was ar 72%. Then drive back to Seoul and arrived at home with 55%. So no issue for me to leave my Tesla 3 2022 during winter on an airport parking!

 

[LoudMusic]

That is actually impressive. I would have tried to find a standard wall outlet and plugged in using a mobile connector.

 

[mtmra70]

Sentry mode was off? Did you power down the car manually?

 

[bruce4000]

My experience is if Sentry mode is on, it will use like 5% a day but if off, is less than 1% every couple of days. Of course, when your car is in a public place is when you would like Sentry mode on.

 

[Candleflame]

vampire drain is around 10w/hr including time to recharge the battery. Id plan for around 7-9%/month.

 

[Olivier M]

That is actually impressive. I would have tried to find a standard wall outlet and plugged in using a mobile connector.

There is no way you can plug your car for 15 consecutive days at the airport!

 

[Olivier M]

Sentry mode was off? Did you power down the car manually?

Yes Sentry mode was off and no connection to the car for 15 days, full sleeping mode.

 

[Olivier M]

My experience is if Sentry mode is on, it will use like 5% a day but if off, is less than 1% every couple of days. Of course, when your car is in a public place is when you would like Sentry mode on.

We have the chance to live in a very secure country. So no need for Sentry mode in Korea!

 

[Candleflame]

i actually left my car at the airport over christmas for 3 weeks and the car used around 6%. you can see the car waking up on teslafi to recharge the 12v.

 

[CDennis100]

That is actually impressive. I would have tried to find a standard wall outlet and plugged in using a mobile connector.

I‘ve THOUGHT about doing that at local hotels and am sure I’ll come out the next morning….with a missing charger.

 

[cwerdna]

vampire drain is around 10w/hr including time to recharge the battery. Id plan for around 7-9%/month.

What's that supposed to mean? Watts are instantaneous power and are already joules per second. So, joules per second per hour?

 

[LoudMusic]

I‘ve THOUGHT about doing that at local hotels and am sure I’ll come out the next morning….with a missing charger.

The charge plug handle is mechanically locked to the vehicle. You could also park on the cable. The only thing they could take would be the adapter dongle.

 

[CMPT PAD]

i actually left my car at the airport over christmas for 3 weeks and the car used around 6%. you can see the car waking up on teslafi to recharge the 12v.

Thanks... Was your Sentry mode on or off?

 

[Candleflame]

What's that supposed to mean? Watts are instantaneous power and are already joules per second. So, joules per second per hour?

you are trying to be a little smartass

 

[Candleflame]

Thanks... Was your Sentry mode on or off?

off of course. sentry mode uses around 200wh.

 

[CMPT PAD]

off of course. sentry mode uses around 200wh.

From what others reported, Sentry mode uses about 5% of battery per day. Assuming this is true which we don't know for sure, when battery is down to 20% then the Sentry mode would be automatically off.

So assuming that we got to airport parking with 80% battery capacity left then we have 60% for use with Sentry mode. At 5% battery depletion per day , that would give us 12 days parking with Sentry mode on, which to me better than none.

Am I crazy or what by not using it?

 

[cwerdna]

off of course. sentry mode uses around 200wh.

200 Wh over what period of time?

 

[Candleflame]

200 Wh over what period of time?

200 watts

 

[Rottenapplr]

Hi everyone, just sharing my experience with my Tesla 3 that I parked for 15 days at Incheon Airport during winter time.
I charged my car up to 90%, took the trip from Seoul to Incheon about 50km. Arrived there with 74%. Then let my car outside for 15 days on temperature going from -15 to 2 degres Celsius. I came back and was happy to see that I have lost only 2% so I was ar 72%. Then drive back to Seoul and arrived at home with 55%. So no issue for me to leave my Tesla 3 2022 during winter on an airport parking!

People freak out about long term parking. But turning off sentry mode barely eats battery. Even in my garage I leave sentry mode the charge will go down 4% in a day when I work at home. But parking with out center mode like we did in my last 3 week vacation the battery loss stabilized after a few days and barely moves. So people stop worrying.

 

[cwerdna]

You mean sentry mode?