I have a new 23 Y, going on vacation for 3 weeks. Car will be indoors, can I leave it not plugged in ?
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Yes! Leave it plugged in. Sentry on, AC set on 70I have a new 23 Y, going on vacation for 3 weeks. Car will be indoors, can I leave it not plugged in ?
Expect 1% per day battery drain when not plugged in. That's 21% for three weeks. I left my Feb 2022 MSLR unplugged for two weeks. It lost only 10%, that's less than 1% per day. It was garaged in SoCal. These days I charge to 55% daily. If I was going on another trip I would leave it unplugged and charge it so the middle of the drain (half the trip) would be at 55%. Part of taking care of your battery is reducing depth of charge/discharge. So I will plug it in for a trip longer than two weeks and set limit to 55%.
Hmmm .... I am surprised at this statement. Sentry causes a lot more than 1% per day unplugged battery drain because the car is never allowed to sleep. 1% unplugged phantom drain per week is very, very low and unusual. If that's true the OP does not need to worry and would expect only 3% unplugged phantom drain in three weeks, but that is a unrealistic expectation. From the Tesla manual (Tesla also suggests to keep your car plugged in):Did you have Sentry on? 1% per day is quite the phantom drain. I've done multiple vacations and have had the car for 4 years and its about 1% a week for me. I also live in so-cal and the car is garaged.
Hmmm .... I am surprised at this statement. Sentry causes a lot more than 1% per day unplugged battery drain because the car is never allowed to sleep. 1% unplugged phantom drain per week is very, very low and unusual. If that's true the OP does not need to worry and would expect only 3% unplugged phantom drain in three weeks, but that is a unrealistic expectation. From the Tesla manual (Tesla also suggests to keep your car plugged in):View attachment 949892
I am not familar with the Model 3 so I looked it up from a Tesla Model 3 Owners Manual. Same 1% per day unplugged battery drain. They also suggest Model 3 be kept plugged in.Thanks for the info. I didn't know the Model S uses that much juice...i was just coming from experience on owning a Model 3 and it having barely any drain sitting idle. I personally don't plug it in on vacation as I just don't see much drain over a 2 week period (maybe 2% total). Mine is a 2019 and its been very consistent over its 4 years of ownership.
I am not familar with the Model 3 so I looked it up from a Tesla Model 3 Owners Manual. Same 1% per day unplugged battery drain. They also suggest Model 3 be kept plugged in. View attachment 949906
Very high phantom drain used to be a prominant topic on this forum. Tesla fixed that many years and you're absolutely correct, an untouched and sleeping Model 3 will use way less than 1% per day. It's actually 1% about every 6-7 days and in my experience it's been that way since early 2020. It's hard to measure more precisely because the car will wake and "phone home" occasionally. Software updates come along about every 2.5 weeks which messes up the phantom drain data as a software update uses by itself around 1%.As I said, its coming from experience of owning the car for 4 years. If yours experiences 1% a day, then it is what it is. If you read the phantom drain threads on the Model 3 threads, i'm not unique. A lot of people experience way less than 1% drain a day when the car just sits their idle and in deep sleep.
If you leave it unplugged, don’t check the app while away. Opening the app wakes up the car, which will drain your battery a bit each time.I have a new 23 Y, going on vacation for 3 weeks. Car will be indoors, can I leave it not plugged in ?
Clearly, you never saw Back to the Future.Since we live in the lower end of "tornado alley", and are prone to violent summer electrical storms, I never leave my MY plugged in unattended for extended periods of time. Electrical storms can do unexpected things, and I don't want to risk it.
Always put the plug in, when available. It conditions and maintains the battery even when car isn't charging.I have a new 23 Y, going on vacation for 3 weeks. Car will be indoors, can I leave it not plugged in ?