sakimano
Active Member
The thing that caused me big vampire losses was smart preconditioning
I'm sure you've turfed that already though...
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I'm sure you've turfed that already though...
mknox
Well-Known Member
Yes, of course.
I provided Tesla Service with detailed information including logs from my sub-meter on the car's charging circuit that showed it coming on every day to "top up" while the car just sat unused with everything off. They ran multiple tests on the battery and systems and could find nothing wrong.
mrElbe
Active Member
My car was sitting in the driveway Saturday and Sunday. Vampire losses were:
Saturday: 29.54 km
Sunday: 23.60 km
during both nights, the scheduled charging kicked in at 03:00 and topped it off to 90%
Saturday: 29.54 km
Sunday: 23.60 km
during both nights, the scheduled charging kicked in at 03:00 and topped it off to 90%
sakimano
Active Member
mknox
Well-Known Member
mrElbe
Active Member
Could it be that the 12V battery is calling for a top up quite often? What is the age of yours? Mine is the original and in the last 24 hours I also had a near 5% range loss while the car is sitting in the drive way.
mknox
Well-Known Member
My 12v battery was replaced a couple of months ago. Had a "Service 12v Battery" message on the dash. I was actually hoping that was it, but there was no difference in vampire loss between my old 12v and the new one. (BTW, this is probably my 3rd or 4th 12v replacement).
My 2007 Camry Hybrid with 300k+ kms. still have original 12V battery and brakes. After buying Leaf, Camry sat around 6 months on the driveway in winter and still came to life with no assistance. Even the Leaf after leaving for a month unattended/unplugged in winter had almost negligible(<10%) loss in SOC. I am surprised why Tesla could not contain this loss. Once mainstream automotive manufacturer have EV available, Tesla will have no grounds to stand on.
mknox
Well-Known Member
Funny you say that. I have a 2007 Pontiac Vibe with about 250,000 km which is also on it's original factory 12v battery. It's parked outside too. In the cold weather we've been having, I keep expecting my wife to come in saying the car won't start, but so far, so good (he says, knocking on wood!)
Great, your Vibe was made in the same plant as Model S. I hoping it would share some DNA with Toyota, a month in to ownership still too soon to say.
mknox
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I like to joke that I have two cars that came out of that factory. Never had much love (or luck) with Toyota in the past, and the Vibe has had it's share of Toyota-related problems (mainly with the HVAC and ECM), but whoever they sourced that battery from is top notch!
Drone Flyer
Active Member
The best way to curb vampire drain is to place garlic around the car, both inside and out, as Vampires don’t like garlic!
DMC-Orangeville
Audi eTron & John Deere 5100E
CBC was at our chapter meeting. It is an Aaron Saltzman piece - but he wasn't at the meeting. They filmed some of the meeting, and interviewed many. I was just sent an audio link (I haven't listened to it yet), and we were promised a video link at the meeting. I guess I should listen to it.
I suspect we'll post the links shortly
edit
I listened to it (about 14:45 into the news story). It's a bit of a slam at the financial and production issues with Tesla, and the Ontario club supporting Elon's vision.
John Dixon (our club President) does have a brief quote, but most of the other interviews were scrapped, I guess.
The video should be on the National tonight
Audio link: CBC News: The World at Six | CBC News: World at Six for 2018/04/17 at 20:30 EDT
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mrElbe
Active Member
Hmmm, over 3 hours of video recording and my voice is heard for 2 seconds and our cars driving for 4 seconds.
Blu Angel
Member
Southern Ontario Tesla Owners Club?
Great news!
I will soon be gettting my Tesla 3 and would like to join.
Any link available?
Great news!
I will soon be gettting my Tesla 3 and would like to join.
Any link available?
Tony_YYZ
Tezler Guru
DMC-Orangeville
Audi eTron & John Deere 5100E
Tesla Owners Club – Ontario
Click the join button on the page. There is a $50 fee to join.....
Our next meeting is at the University of Waterloo, WISE (Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy) on May 1
Welcome to the club!
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