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Two day old model 3 sentry mode battery loss
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I loose about 1 mph with sentry mode.
And depending on the weather, pre-heating or pre-cooling the cabin can eat up a lot of range while you're not in the car as well.
And depending on the weather, pre-heating or pre-cooling the cabin can eat up a lot of range while you're not in the car as well.
im on v10.2 (2020.20.12). i live in a city so i park on the street. was hoping to use sentry mode for a little extra street protection.
If you're parking outside, you could also be losing some battery to the interior overtemp protection. If I remember right, it's on by default.
Seems normal. I can easily lose 1.3miles/hr using Sentry mode. In 9hrs that's 12 miles. For a SR+ that's 5%, ie normal.
Summon Standby is also on by default isn't it?
Try disabling the items mentioned and see if it helps.
1. Cabin Overheat Protection
2. Summon Standby
You will lose some to Sentry, but I have seen the same as other at about 1 mph (or 1.3 as above). You can figure out the % based on your battery size over a period of time. It has to power the computer and cameras some how. There is always a tradeoff.
Try disabling the items mentioned and see if it helps.
1. Cabin Overheat Protection
2. Summon Standby
You will lose some to Sentry, but I have seen the same as other at about 1 mph (or 1.3 as above). You can figure out the % based on your battery size over a period of time. It has to power the computer and cameras some how. There is always a tradeoff.
thanks.
i just turned off cabin overheat protection. i dont have fsd so i dont think i have summon standby. i wish tesla had tutorial days just to go through everything with you. .
They do have a pretty good manual to flip through.
https://www.tesla.com/sites/default...FjAAegQIAxAC&usg=AOvVaw2QdJTfKtqKiwp-PduDOrUK
Knightshade
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I think you'd need a LOT of activation to make any measurable difference.... if sentry is activated the car remains awake, the 4 cameras record constantly. So most of the loss is gonna be just from the car staying awake and recording, which it does regardless of any sentry alerts.
The only difference an alert makes is it moves the last 10 minutes of recorded footage to the sentry folder, it flashes the LED lights and such for a second, and it displays the YOU ARE BEING RECORDED thing on the screen.
El joe
Active Member
Looking to move into a Tesla M3 and Sentry Mode is one of the main reasons why since I travel to and park in San Francisco so often. It’s nice to hear that Sentry Mode doesn’t use much battery — such a nice feature that pretty much every car should have.
Sentry mode will use between 1-2 miles an hour, give or take (because the car wont go to sleep). Whether thats a lot or not depends on whether you are planning to use it while you are parked at work (8 hours) and parked at home (12 hours? More?)
Basically, if you use sentry mode all the time, it will be 18-24 miles a day. Many of the people who want to use sentry mode at home are doing so because they are parked outside (so probably not charging).
18-24 miles a day "lost" while not moving, is actually quite a bit especially if you dont have easy charging at home. If you do, then using it during the day is a non issue for most people. If you DONT have home charging, then couple the 20+ miles a day lost using it at work and home with the fact that you actually charge from 80-90% to 20-30%, someone without home or work charging will be charging a lot more than they thought they were going to, when they were buying the car.
TL ; DR. If you have home charging its basically a non issue, just extra energy. If you DONT, then make sure you understand how many trips to charge you will actually be making vs what you THINK you might be making with (for example) a "240 mile range on the car and a 20 mile round trip commute" (which will not use 20 miles range).
My loss was reduced after I changed out the break-in oil. And now I can safely take it up over 140 as well...
Silicon Desert
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yea, now that you mention it, this seems to be the case for my car. I can park at my son's house where there is practically no regular action around the car and lose typically 8 miles over a 12 hour period at night, but then at a hotel near the entrance where there is a lot of activity and snooping from curious people, I can lose 20% more during that same 10 hour period. So not substantial, yet noticeable.
El joe
Active Member
Yup, makes sense. Luckily I have home charging in a garage, so I’m good there. But for those work-related trips into The City, it’s nice to here that Sentry Mode while parking for eight hours or so on a street or strange parking structure won’t leave me drained when I return!
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