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I could not resist the data tsunami that 'Scan My Tesla' app offters.
Of course you need an On Board Diagnostics adapter since there isn't an OBD port and needs a bluetooth OBD scanner.
For the bluetooth scanner, it seems like the OBDLinkMX+ might be the best security wise but there are a bunch of options.
For adapters, I went with something like this:
The problem is that there is VERY little room underneath the panel [near the floor on the back of the midconsole]. And I could not get the panel back in place. I've ordered another adapter that has a much shorter and flatter run of wires between the two connectors in hope that I will be able to get the cover back on.
There is a small plastic bracket that the OBD connection is clipped in to, and it looks like that might come out to make a bit more room for the added bulk of the adapter.
SOMEONE must have done this already!? How did you do it? Did the adapter with shorter flatter connection between plugs fit, or did you have to do something more drastic? I'm just hoping that the answer is NOT to tear the console apart.
I'm just barely starting to dig into the data. I'm particularly interested in what happens to battery temperatures during driving, charging and preconditioning since I'm am in Northern New England.
Though 'Scan My Tesla' app works, I'm not sure the HVAC information truly assesses what's going on with the MY heat exchanger. I'm interested in finding out, if on longer drives when the stators and battery heat up, what the actual energy cost of heating up the cabin will be. On shorter drives, the seat heaters still seem to use up much less juice than blowing hot air into the cabin does.
Of course you need an On Board Diagnostics adapter since there isn't an OBD port and needs a bluetooth OBD scanner.
For the bluetooth scanner, it seems like the OBDLinkMX+ might be the best security wise but there are a bunch of options.
For adapters, I went with something like this:
The problem is that there is VERY little room underneath the panel [near the floor on the back of the midconsole]. And I could not get the panel back in place. I've ordered another adapter that has a much shorter and flatter run of wires between the two connectors in hope that I will be able to get the cover back on.
There is a small plastic bracket that the OBD connection is clipped in to, and it looks like that might come out to make a bit more room for the added bulk of the adapter.
SOMEONE must have done this already!? How did you do it? Did the adapter with shorter flatter connection between plugs fit, or did you have to do something more drastic? I'm just hoping that the answer is NOT to tear the console apart.
I'm just barely starting to dig into the data. I'm particularly interested in what happens to battery temperatures during driving, charging and preconditioning since I'm am in Northern New England.
Though 'Scan My Tesla' app works, I'm not sure the HVAC information truly assesses what's going on with the MY heat exchanger. I'm interested in finding out, if on longer drives when the stators and battery heat up, what the actual energy cost of heating up the cabin will be. On shorter drives, the seat heaters still seem to use up much less juice than blowing hot air into the cabin does.