Today, I went and sat in my car in 'Ready' mode in my drive for half an hour.
It got me out of the house, gave a chance for the HV battery to top up the 12v a bit, and time to play with some bits that don't get played with in winter.
Firstly, the sunroof. Yay! Now I know which bits of the button to use and which direction to to turn it.
Secondly the seat adjustment. Reclining the seat and staring at the open sky whilst listening to music is really quite relaxing. I will remember that for charge stops.
Thirdly the aicon. I didn't need it at all to demist in winter, so realised it might need some exercise to keep the seals snug. I noticed that with the fans down it is very quiet indeed and you can just hear a valve or flap intermittently opening or closing. I have a temperature probe in the winscreen vent (Nerd Alert!). AC took the vent air from 23.C to 7.C in a few mins. Cabin temp (probe on centre tray) dropped quite quicly
I should have worked out the average drain of the AC using the Volts and Amps page of the central screen (between speedo and power), but maybe tomorrow.
I did approximately derive the wattage of the heated seats - and got about 200W each.
I now understand that they are PTC heated seats, which means that once they are up to heat, the drain will be less. I will perhaps explore that tomorrow as well.
Given the circs, I should think that neighbours will be more understanding than usual, and less likely to mutter "Tool" when they watch me from their prisons.
It got me out of the house, gave a chance for the HV battery to top up the 12v a bit, and time to play with some bits that don't get played with in winter.
Firstly, the sunroof. Yay! Now I know which bits of the button to use and which direction to to turn it.
Secondly the seat adjustment. Reclining the seat and staring at the open sky whilst listening to music is really quite relaxing. I will remember that for charge stops.
Thirdly the aicon. I didn't need it at all to demist in winter, so realised it might need some exercise to keep the seals snug. I noticed that with the fans down it is very quiet indeed and you can just hear a valve or flap intermittently opening or closing. I have a temperature probe in the winscreen vent (Nerd Alert!). AC took the vent air from 23.C to 7.C in a few mins. Cabin temp (probe on centre tray) dropped quite quicly
I should have worked out the average drain of the AC using the Volts and Amps page of the central screen (between speedo and power), but maybe tomorrow.
I did approximately derive the wattage of the heated seats - and got about 200W each.
I now understand that they are PTC heated seats, which means that once they are up to heat, the drain will be less. I will perhaps explore that tomorrow as well.
Given the circs, I should think that neighbours will be more understanding than usual, and less likely to mutter "Tool" when they watch me from their prisons.