Parking for 7 days with sentry mode

[justabrake]

Got a question sometimes I leave my car parked for sometime even up to seven days before moving it just wondering how much does the battery will be eating up with sentry mode on for that duration

or without using sentry mode

 

[640k]

Sentry Mode = vampire drain?

 

[Big Earl]

Sentry Mode consumes about 500 Watts continuously. 500*24*7=84,000 Wh. Your battery only holds about 73,000 Wh (73 kWh) if it's long range and about 50,000 Wh (50 kWh) if it's a standard range.

 

[pk44FG]

we recently went on vacation. left the car showing enough charge for about 190 miles or so, in a closed garage with no trees overhead. It gets pretty hot in the garage. Came back after 10 days. It had 65 miles worth of charge. I dont have a usb drive inserted, but my sentry mode was on.

 

[Big Earl]

we recently went on vacation. left the car showing enough charge for about 190 miles or so, in a closed garage with no trees overhead. It gets pretty hot in the garage. Came back after 10 days. It had 65 miles worth of charge. I dont have a usb drive inserted, but my sentry mode was on.

Sentry Mode will disable itself when the battery drops below 20%, at which point power consumption will be minimal.

What's the point of having Sentry Mode turned on if you don't have a USB drive inserted?

 

[WilliamG]

Sentry Mode will disable itself when the battery drops below 20%, at which point power consumption will be minimal.

What's the point of having Sentry Mode turned on if you don't have a USB drive inserted?

No actual point, but it will still deter would-be thieves the same way with flashing lights etc.

 

[ngogas]

Lol

 

[justabrake]

Sentry Mode consumes about 500 Watts continuously. 500*24*7=84,000 Wh. Your battery only holds about 73,000 Wh (73 kWh) if it's long range and about 50,000 Wh (50 kWh) if it's a standard range.

Just say no sentry mode then how many miles would I loose for 7 days

 

[Big Earl]

Just say no sentry mode then how many miles would I loose for 7 days

Without Sentry Mode or Climate Keeper running, you can expect a 1 - 2% loss per day on a long range battery.

 

[Sklith]

Without Sentry Mode or Climate Keeper running, you can expect a 1 - 2% loss per day on a long range battery.

Also note that every time you decide to open your Tesla app to see how your car's doing, it will wake the car up and consume some energy so try to keep that down to a minimum.

 

[ChrisH]

Sentry Mode consumes about 500 Watts continuously. 500*24*7=84,000 Wh. Your battery only holds about 73,000 Wh (73 kWh) if it's long range and about 50,000 Wh (50 kWh) if it's a standard range.

This seems drastic. I park for 12 hours a day with sentry mode on and I love about 14 miles of range during that time. Wouldn’t it be closer to 210 miles of drain in 7 days?

 

[Dan203]

Yeah that math seems off. Most of the other threads I've seen on the subject indicate about 1 mile of range per hour with Sentry Mode turned on. That would still be a good chunk of tha battery though over 7 days.

 

[JulienW]

That is worst case. If you are living your car for an extended time you should always prepare for the worst case. OP can you plug into a 120V? If so you will be all set.

 

[Big Earl]

This seems drastic. I park for 12 hours a day with sentry mode on and I love about 14 miles of range during that time. Wouldn’t it be closer to 210 miles of drain in 7 days?

That puts it right around 300 Watts, which would be 50 kWh for a week.

 

[justabrake]

That is worst case. If you are living your car for an extended time you should always prepare for the worst case. OP can you plug into a 120V? If so you will be all set.

Nope sometimes I stay in NYC and stay over for a week and leave the car on the street and what's the worse case being it draining out what would happen

I sometimes move the car when I have to for street cleaning but I try to go in on a holiday week and don't have to move it for awhile

 

[Big Earl]

Bjørn just posted a new video and it looks like Sentry Mode’s energy consumption has decreased significantly in recent software updates. Current usage seems to be around 160 Watts, which is very impressive.

 

[St☰v☰]

I lose just about 1 mile for every hour the sentry is turned on, I've measured it. For instance, when I arrived at my office this morning I had 162 miles remaining, 9 hours later, I have 153 miles remaining. The car is shaded, so no climate control is on. YMMV.

 

[justabrake]

Bjørn just posted a new video and it looks like Sentry Mode’s energy consumption has decreased significantly in recent software updates. Current usage seems to be around 160 Watts, which is very impressive.

getting better and better
thanks

 

[Dan203]

Also note that every time you decide to open your Tesla app to see how your car's doing, it will wake the car up and consume some energy so try to keep that down to a minimum.

From what I heard if Sentry Mode is on the car is always awake so you can check the app all you want.

 

[Wyman]

Bjørn just posted a new video and it looks like Sentry Mode’s energy consumption has decreased significantly in recent software updates. Current usage seems to be around 160 Watts, which is very impressive.

Much improved lately. You can do about 14 days on Sentry mode with a 90% charge down to 20% when you return.