The car has been acting funny but last night, I made sure to wait till lights were off before I left car. This morning, the lights were on and the door was unlocked. Worse, the dash indicator said 0% and Battery Reserve indicator was on.
I am a older so first reaction was not panic but was dismay. Did I leave the car on? No I did not. How could the battery drain from 78% overnight? Well, if car was on, then the heater would have drained the battery over 13 hours. Do I leave the car, call for tow, what to do?
So here is the deal. If the lights are on, there is some juice left in reserve battery even though indicator says zero. I decided to try for the nearby garage with a charger which was only 200 yards away. Relief as I rolled in and begged the attendant to charge my car today (They have Tesla daily customers). It is now plugged in but strangely, only sucking juice in at a low 3.5 KwH rate. It is a new charger and the attendant did not know much about it so I will check to see what setting the ClipperCreek unit was set at. I had to dash off to get my wife's car to take the kids to school. My phone chirped to tell me it was charging, what rate, and when done. Will take 10.5 hours to go from 0 to 100 per app.
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME BUT OUR UNIT WILL GO A LITTLE FURTHER EVEN AT ZERO. My previous low was 1% back in 2015.
I am a older so first reaction was not panic but was dismay. Did I leave the car on? No I did not. How could the battery drain from 78% overnight? Well, if car was on, then the heater would have drained the battery over 13 hours. Do I leave the car, call for tow, what to do?
So here is the deal. If the lights are on, there is some juice left in reserve battery even though indicator says zero. I decided to try for the nearby garage with a charger which was only 200 yards away. Relief as I rolled in and begged the attendant to charge my car today (They have Tesla daily customers). It is now plugged in but strangely, only sucking juice in at a low 3.5 KwH rate. It is a new charger and the attendant did not know much about it so I will check to see what setting the ClipperCreek unit was set at. I had to dash off to get my wife's car to take the kids to school. My phone chirped to tell me it was charging, what rate, and when done. Will take 10.5 hours to go from 0 to 100 per app.
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME BUT OUR UNIT WILL GO A LITTLE FURTHER EVEN AT ZERO. My previous low was 1% back in 2015.
