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@David99, @JOEV1...thanks for the reply....coming from ICE car this was bit confusing.
You are saying..single button controls both the heat and A/C in Tesla?
There is no free heat in Electric car as compared to ICE car.
So..it is better to leave the A/C on always and just adjust the cabin temp?
Tesla manual recommends using auto mode always and adjust the temp. But..sometimes...I don't like
the fan blowing crazily. Then I adjust the fan speed and it gets out of auto mode.
Hi Folks...yesterday the outside temp was 60 and I bumped up the cabin temp to 70 while keeping the A/C off.
I did not get hot air. Is this supposed to work like this?
Yes it's best to let the car do all the climate control. Just adjust the temperature up or down depending on if you want it warmer or cooler. I wish Tesla would do away with the temperature numbers altogether because it is just confusing. We think a certain number is comfortable but nothing could be further from the truth. Humidity makes a lot of difference as does air motion (wind or lack of). Te exact same temperature of dry air blowing at you feels much cooler than no air motion and high humidity.
Tesla knows all that and intelligently adjusts airflow and AC (to dry the air) and heater and it even knows the sunlight intensity and angle and adds that into the calculation! So what I learned to do is leave it on auto and then adjust the temp up or down depending on how I feel. I completely ignore the numbers. That works best IMHO.
In the Spring and Fall, the temperatures in Phoenix can range from 60F - 85F in one day. During the heat of the day, I set the temperature control around 72F - 75F and the A/C is on as expected. When I get in the car the next morning, the outside temperature could be 65F - 70F and the heat comes on, which I don't want.
I want outside air until it gets too hot (75F - 80F). As a rule, when I park the car for the night, I turn the A/C off to get cool outside air the next morning. I have to leave the climate control on without A/C to use the fan for outside air. In the winter (below 60F) I have to set the temperature to "LO" to keep the heater from coming on and still have the fan on for outside air. The temperature control only goes from 60F - 81F and sometimes I'm comfortable below or above those temperatures with only outside air. Letting the car do climate control automatically does not work for me.