@ForgottenFlux to TechnologyEnglish • 5 months agoArizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery | The Model Y’s 12-volt battery, which powers things like the doors and windows, diedwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square299arrow-up1708arrow-down126cross-posted to: arizona[email protected]
arrow-up1682arrow-down1external-linkArizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery | The Model Y’s 12-volt battery, which powers things like the doors and windows, diedwww.theverge.com@ForgottenFlux to TechnologyEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square299cross-posted to: arizona[email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoYou don’t want to fully drain the main battery as it would do severe damage to it and most of the 12v system has a phantom draw of power so to keep the main battery from running out they have a separate one
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•5 months agoCompared to what the main batt can provide, there’s barely any draw from the other electronics.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoThat’s not the point the fact is that there is some dumbass that probably will let it sit at 0% and kill the battery
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•5 months agoBattery management electronics don’t let you drain lithium batteries to 0%. It’s a severe design flaw if it does.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoYou still end up with the same problem of no power for locks when it turns off the battery
You don’t want to fully drain the main battery as it would do severe damage to it and most of the 12v system has a phantom draw of power so to keep the main battery from running out they have a separate one
Compared to what the main batt can provide, there’s barely any draw from the other electronics.
That’s not the point the fact is that there is some dumbass that probably will let it sit at 0% and kill the battery
Battery management electronics don’t let you drain lithium batteries to 0%. It’s a severe design flaw if it does.
You still end up with the same problem of no power for locks when it turns off the battery