So just got my first Tesla and I have a newbie question. 2017 MS P100D
I did some searching and couldn’t find it so sorry if it’s been asked.
My question is only for battery health and not cost consideration, in my scenario I want to charge to 80 percent. I’m currently using 120 volt outlet.
I plugged it in last night and it projected at 12 amps charging would be complete at 0400.
I did not need it to be complete until much later so I adjusted the current to 9 amps and let it go with a projected charge completion of 0900.
My question is:
Is it better to use the lowest current possible over the longest time to arrive at your desired charge right before leaving
OR
Better to schedule a charge start time using highest current (12 amps) therefore less overall charging time, also planned to reach desired SOC right at departure.
So another way would be to ask:
6 amps of 15 hours or so
Or
12 amps for 7 hours or so
I did some searching and couldn’t find it so sorry if it’s been asked.
My question is only for battery health and not cost consideration, in my scenario I want to charge to 80 percent. I’m currently using 120 volt outlet.
I plugged it in last night and it projected at 12 amps charging would be complete at 0400.
I did not need it to be complete until much later so I adjusted the current to 9 amps and let it go with a projected charge completion of 0900.
My question is:
Is it better to use the lowest current possible over the longest time to arrive at your desired charge right before leaving
OR
Better to schedule a charge start time using highest current (12 amps) therefore less overall charging time, also planned to reach desired SOC right at departure.
So another way would be to ask:
6 amps of 15 hours or so
Or
12 amps for 7 hours or so