Extreme battery drain since low power mode introduced

[Zantosh76]

I'm noticing that my truck drains a lot faster now that the low power option is available but not turned on by default. For example, last night, I left it with 29% and I came to it this morning at 14%. Over a period of 16 hours.

I've never seen such a severe drain but I have also noticed that if I leave the low power mode on then the drain is capped and it's very normal like it used to be.

It seems to me that Tesla has moved some things around so that if you don't use the low power mode then you will end up draining the battery a lot faster.

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[CyberGus]

I left it with 29% and I came to it this morning at 14%. Over a period of 16 hours.

That's pulling around a kilowatt. That's not a "phantom drain", that's a serious load. I think I'd lose less than that in Camp Mode. Is there an extension cord running from the bed to your neighbor's house?

I left my truck parked last week, this is the drain over the preceding 7 days:

While parked, it lost maybe 1% per day or less?

I just enabled low-power mode to see how much it will help, but the idle drain meets my expectations.

In the Tesla app, it should show "Asleep XX hours". If it says "Parked", then the truck is not sleeping.

 

[TyPope]

Quick! Someone define Irony

Low power mode = more power lost.

 

[Zantosh76]

Looks like I had my power outlets and my in-car power on overnight which maybe the reason why it drop so much. Low power mode turns these off and I got used to that but I forgot to turn on the low power mode and so I suppose the car never went to sleep overnight.

 

[hemiarch]

Quick! Someone define Irony

Low power mode = more power lost.

Wait, do you really want someone to define that? Because that would be kind of ironic for you @TyPope

 

[TyPope]

Wait, do you really want someone to define that? Because that would be kind of ironic for you @TyPope

LOL. Touche

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