mkjayakumar
Well-known member
Why does using climate control (heating) on shore power actually ends up consuming power from the battery? I reach a full charge of 225 GIDs in the morning (2 bar loser) and then I start the climate control using the remote iPhone app, and I do get a text message which clearly tells me that climate control is turned on and using shore power (something to that effect). 15 minutes later when I get into the car to unplug the charge chord, the car is all nice warm and toasty, but I see 219 GIDs. A loss of 6 GIDs.
I understand if this happens on L1 charging, but this is on a 220V L2 charge using Clipper Creek on a 2011 model with an onboard 3.3 Kw charger. It makes me wonder if the heating system consumes more power than what an L2 3.3kW can deliver ? How can that be when my simple room space heater that I have in my house that runs on 120V can heat the equivalent space to the interior of the car in flat two minutes. If I can somehow figure out how to get the chord inside the car and keep the door closed, I would rather use that to heat the car than lose power from the battery and wait for 10-15 minutes.
I understand if this happens on L1 charging, but this is on a 220V L2 charge using Clipper Creek on a 2011 model with an onboard 3.3 Kw charger. It makes me wonder if the heating system consumes more power than what an L2 3.3kW can deliver ? How can that be when my simple room space heater that I have in my house that runs on 120V can heat the equivalent space to the interior of the car in flat two minutes. If I can somehow figure out how to get the chord inside the car and keep the door closed, I would rather use that to heat the car than lose power from the battery and wait for 10-15 minutes.