Hello to everyone, I had an issue this week that I was hoping more experienced Tesla owners could help me out with. I am a first-time Tesla owner, recently getting a MSLR and I'm going through the "growing pains" of learning to properly charge/use an EV.
I work approximately week-ON/week-OFF and when Tesla came out with a MSLR that had a 400 mile range on the battery I thought this would be perfect. I drive 125 miles to the airport, park for a week, drive 125 miles home. Taking into account battery drain/usage for the Sentry system and diversions on the interstate going to/from home, I assumed that leaving the house at a 100% charge would get me safely home with about 20-25% left on the battery each week. I had read that the Sentry system "could use up to 10 miles per day" of battery life while parked.
So I left for work last week at just under 100% charge, got to the airport just over 60%, parked in a less traveled location to avoid too many "sentry events" and went to work. Four days later I get a notice on my phone that the Sentry system was turning off because my battery was at 20%. I was shocked to say the least. Because I was only 4-days into an 8-day trip I was concerned that the battery would be at zero by the time I got home.
The solution ended up being that my wife dropped what she was doing and drove 2-1/2 hours to the airport to get the Tesla and leave her truck for me to drive home at the end of the week!! The car ended up going through 10 PERCENT of its' battery per day while I was parked.
So I guess my question to the "OGs" on here that have done this a while is, Does the Sentry system cause THAT much drain that I'll have to turn it off when parked at the airport? Is this plan of mine to use the car to go to/from the airport and park it for 7-8 days at a time even viable or has this (as my wife has said) now become "my wife's car"?
One thing my wife said she said she saw as soon as she hopped in the car was that the screen stated it was "searching for wifi." She didn't get a pic of this so I'm not sure what exactly it showed, or on which screen. But she thought this may've been the cause of the enormous battery drain.
Any thoughts/ideas are greatly appreciated.
I work approximately week-ON/week-OFF and when Tesla came out with a MSLR that had a 400 mile range on the battery I thought this would be perfect. I drive 125 miles to the airport, park for a week, drive 125 miles home. Taking into account battery drain/usage for the Sentry system and diversions on the interstate going to/from home, I assumed that leaving the house at a 100% charge would get me safely home with about 20-25% left on the battery each week. I had read that the Sentry system "could use up to 10 miles per day" of battery life while parked.
So I left for work last week at just under 100% charge, got to the airport just over 60%, parked in a less traveled location to avoid too many "sentry events" and went to work. Four days later I get a notice on my phone that the Sentry system was turning off because my battery was at 20%. I was shocked to say the least. Because I was only 4-days into an 8-day trip I was concerned that the battery would be at zero by the time I got home.
The solution ended up being that my wife dropped what she was doing and drove 2-1/2 hours to the airport to get the Tesla and leave her truck for me to drive home at the end of the week!! The car ended up going through 10 PERCENT of its' battery per day while I was parked.
So I guess my question to the "OGs" on here that have done this a while is, Does the Sentry system cause THAT much drain that I'll have to turn it off when parked at the airport? Is this plan of mine to use the car to go to/from the airport and park it for 7-8 days at a time even viable or has this (as my wife has said) now become "my wife's car"?
One thing my wife said she said she saw as soon as she hopped in the car was that the screen stated it was "searching for wifi." She didn't get a pic of this so I'm not sure what exactly it showed, or on which screen. But she thought this may've been the cause of the enormous battery drain.
Any thoughts/ideas are greatly appreciated.