Sentry Mode while on holiday

[Basicbob]

Hi,

I’m going on holiday for 2 weeks and I am going to leave the car in the driveway with 100% battery.

Any tips on how best to use sentry mode as an additional form of security for the house.

Eg reverse park the car, park the car dead centre on the drive?

Would 100% be ok for 2 weeks, I have the 2021 model with the black edging but not the newest battery.

Thanks

 

[nurusz]

Hi,

I’m going on holiday for 2 weeks and I am going to leave the car in the driveway with 100% battery.

Any tips on how best to use sentry mode as an additional form of security for the house.

Eg reverse park the car, park the car dead centre on the drive?

Would 100% be ok for 2 weeks, I have the 2021 model with the black edging but not the newest battery.

Thanks

The new 2022.36.6 update show how much juice the car lose in park include sentry mode. You need to do some math

 

[DeejUK]

At risk of asking the obvious, can you leave the car plugged in?

 

[spooksman]

I'm sure I saw sentry uses 3-4% a day somewhere. I think sentry will stop working when the battery gets down to 20% anyway.

 

[init6]

Sentry will switch off when the battery reaches 20%. Depending on the model you have you might not last 2 weeks.

 

[Leeclanual]

I’d recommend buying a Ring Security Light w/ Camera. Turn off sentry mode to conserve battery. You can get alerts from the Ring and get same security your looking for. I’d charge to 80% and leave it.. maybe lose 20% over 2 weeks with sentry off.

 

[HenryT]

Hi,

I’m going on holiday for 2 weeks and I am going to leave the car in the driveway with 100% battery.

Any tips on how best to use sentry mode as an additional form of security for the house.

Eg reverse park the car, park the car dead centre on the drive?

Would 100% be ok for 2 weeks, I have the 2021 model with the black edging but not the newest battery.

Thanks

You can always keep an eye on it with the app (say once a day) and turn off sentry via the app if the battery is too low. As others have said it drops at 20% anyway.

Unless your car has an LFP battery leaving it standing with 100% isn't a recommended approach. Better left plugged in or if that's not possible start with a slightly lower state of charge say 80-90%.

 

[GeorgeSymonds]

If sentry is turned off you’ll lose next to nothing. I’ve just come back from a week away and it lost maybe 1%

If you want to go through the full list of settings then maybe watch this, but it does really boil down to just Sentry

 

[Caramel]

I had sentry on for the first 3 days after getting my car - used 7% per day!! Turned off and now only used very rarely if worried the car might get pranged somewhere.

 

[Buzzliteyear]

At work sentry mode uses 7 - 15 miles in 8 hours. Like others have said if your leaving it plugged in the no problem and if the car is facing the house then less false triggers than it would facing the road.

 

[drtimhill]

Hi,

I’m going on holiday for 2 weeks and I am going to leave the car in the driveway with 100% battery.

Any tips on how best to use sentry mode as an additional form of security for the house.

Eg reverse park the car, park the car dead centre on the drive?

Would 100% be ok for 2 weeks, I have the 2021 model with the black edging but not the newest battery.

Thanks

Switch Sentry Mode on at night when its dark, then off again in the morning if you are worried about vampire drain. (You can toggle it on and off from the app.)

 

[a1psx]

Park facing the house in case anybody walks past the sides - the front cameras have a better view then the rear camera. The side cameras are not going to capture enough either way for protecting your house.
You are going to get a lot of false positives if your car is anywhere near the street path. Invest in some proper security cameras.

 

[Jason71]

Not sure what you are paying for your leccy but at price cap prices leaving sentry on for 2 weeks will cost arround £30 in electricity (assuming you leave it plugged in. If not it will shut off after 10 days when you hit 20% charge). Cheaper to get a security camera in the long run.

 

[M1tch]

I turn mine off at home as the flashing headlights draws unwanted attention to the house and car. A ring camera or smart lights to mimic your being home would work better IMO.

 

[Durzel]

At risk of asking the obvious, can you leave the car plugged in?

Asking the important question…

If it remained plugged in this would be a non-issue, wouldn’t it?

 

[Corey2002]

Asking the important question…

If it remained plugged in this would be a non-issue, wouldn’t it?

This.
Even with a regular wall outlet your car will stay charged for your whole trip

 

[y20231218]

The image from the sentry mode is very blurry at night. Would not help you much. Beside the sentry mode does not send any notification as well. So save the juice for your tesla.

 

[Jason71]

The image from the sentry mode is very blurry at night. Would not help you much. Beside the sentry mode does not send any notification as well. So save the juice for your tesla.

This thread is two months old. I am guessing he has been and come back by now