I got my electric company to send a guy out to check out my meter after getting bill that doubled. he said it was from my teslas. He said once it is fully charges it is still on charging. How do I stop this?
how do i set my tesla to not keep charging once it fully charged?
Given the questions you’re asking, I’m not sure you are aware of some basics:
1) The car only charges to the level you set – and you should not leave it set to charge to 100% unnecessarily since sitting at 100% for long periods will add to long term battery degradation. As the car suggests on screen, set it to 90% or less for normal daily usage.
2) Once the car reaches the level you set it to charge to, it will of course stop charging. As others have pointed out, it will only add additional charge as needed occasionally after that as very small amounts of charge are consumed while the vehicle remains parked, (There are a few options which can be disabled that use a little more energy while the car is parked, like sentry mode or summon ready or climate control, etc.)
3) If you don’t want it to charge at all, just unplug it. It will very slowly consume some energy while left unused though. The “vampire drain” rate depends on how many of those few options I mentioned are enabled. This is much like many devices you have around the house that can consume a small amount of energy while plugged in but unused.
4) The most likely reason for “doubling your energy bill” is that you’re probably on a time-of-use electricity plan where you pay more for electricity when consumed at times of peak usage by everyone else, like in the early evenings. If you’re on a time-of-use electric billing plan, the difference in cost between peak and non peak times can easily be like 45 cents or more versus 8 cents or less. You should optimize this by setting your car up to automatically charge only after a specific time, when electricity is cheapest – typically in the middle of the night, like after midnight – rather than whenever you plug in, like in the late afternoon / early evening.
5) Lastly, if you’re curious as to how much energy you’re using to drive and recharge your car, you can look to your car’s info screens to tell you the amount of kWh’s consumed and compare that to the amount on your electric bill.
