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My thoughts are:
If it meets your needs for daily driving then it is perfect
It always bothers me when I see someone spend hundreds (sometimes thousands) of dollars on home charging infrastructure and then you find out they drive 13 miles a day. I drive 50 miles a day commuting but I have charging at work, my home charging is for weekend use... I am an outlier on that though, where I live my "weekend driving" can top 300+ miles in a day so a quick top off at home between excursions needs to be fairly quick. I KNOW that I will be fine with 32 amp 240V charging, but even knowing that the HPWC is tempting.
Keith
If it meets your needs for daily driving then it is perfect
It always bothers me when I see someone spend hundreds (sometimes thousands) of dollars on home charging infrastructure and then you find out they drive 13 miles a day. I drive 50 miles a day commuting but I have charging at work, my home charging is for weekend use... I am an outlier on that though, where I live my "weekend driving" can top 300+ miles in a day so a quick top off at home between excursions needs to be fairly quick. I KNOW that I will be fine with 32 amp 240V charging, but even knowing that the HPWC is tempting.
Keith
I almost upgraded my 100 amp panel to a 200 amp based on what a few well known local electricians told me. I had to bring up the 6-20 option to them as they were playing dumb. Wonder why $$$.My thoughts are:
If it meets your needs for daily driving then it is perfect
It always bothers me when I see someone spend hundreds (sometimes thousands) of dollars on home charging infrastructure and then you find out they drive 13 miles a day.
Keith
6-20 serves me just fine.
I almost upgraded my 100 amp panel to a 200 amp based on what a few well known local electricians told me. I had to bring up the 6-20 option to them as they were playing dumb. Wonder why $$$.
6-20 serves me just fine.
When I installed my 32 amp 240V ChargePoint unit for the Bolt, an electrician from work was willing to do the work for $400. I purchased all the parts needed for installation for less than $100 and did the work myself in less than 15 min. I am not a professional electrician, but I was an Electronics Technician (nuclear) in the Navy for 10 years so I am competent to do this kind of work myself.
Keith
Thanks for all of your help as well in the past! Sometimes all it takes is to think of a few missing pieces of the puzzle and to connect a few dots to make sure it’s all the right fit
As far as the MY it’s worth every penny. It’s a head turner for sure. I love the power, design, tech and it never seems to get boring as there’s always something new to figure out or to learn about.
Quite a bit; ~250W power consumption when Sentry Mode is active versus ~25W consumption when the Model Y enters sleep mode.
Makes sense, the computer system, sensors (ultrasonic and cameras) have to remain active to sense and record events.
Keith
I’m wondering how much of an impact there would be if I leave Sentry Mode on sometimes since it’s plugged in and charging. It’s in my garage so if Sentry Mode is on and all of those things have to remain on to record events does that also mean more electricity is wasted?
If it's in your garage, why not get a home nest cam and install it in your garage? That way you can turn off Sentry and you're saving on electricity + time
When Sentry mode is active the Model Y uses ~220W or so of power versus 25W when Sentry mode is not active and the Model Y is sleeping. That's 1kW every 4 to 5 hours (~5kWh every day) is 6% to 7% of the battery used per day. If plugged in the Tesla will periodically top up the battery, this action has charging loses approaching 10%. So you can see how leaving Sentry mode active all of the time, i.e. when parked at home, will cost you some money.
Slightly as the Tesla will allow the SOC of the battery pack to fall, perhaps 5 percent (I've never seen this value published), before charging back to the preset threshold.
My recent experience; I left my Model Y inside my home garage, not plugged in, not locked, Sentry mode set to be off at my home location, for 6 days and lost less than 1% SOC per day while I was away.
My recent experience; I left my Model Y inside my home garage, not plugged in, not locked, Sentry mode set to be off at my home location, for 6 days and lost less than 1% SOC per day while I was away.
