OK, I'm being an idiot, but I give up: how can I tell when the heater is operating in heat pump mode vs. resistance mode? After 3/4 year of fairly regular looking at LeafSpy, I still don't get it. Maybe I need to RTFM for the car *again,* but it's more fun to ask here.
Unless I want fan-only operation, I always turn on both the Heat and A/C buttons, since I assume that having the A/C off would disable the heat pump. Is that correct?
I mostly keep the app on the Summary screen. When the temp setpoint is roughly 20 degrees above the outside temp, I'll usually see the heater bar pulling 1500 to 2000 watts for a couple of minutes, then ramp down to 500 watts or even 250. I almost never see the AC bar come on. Friday afternoon I did see it show a bit of AC usage, which was surprising since it wasn't that warm out, the car was parked in shade and I didn't expect the system to call for cooling. However, I shut off the climate control switch without bothering to check for cold air, so I'm not sure what it was doing. Does the Summary screen "Hetr" bar distinguish between resistive and heat pump heating, or does it just show the amount of power being used by either of those?
Should I be using the Table screen instead? I have run it occasionally, but it seems that it always says "HVAC" if I have both Heat and A/C buttons on, so I haven't found that to be informative. Maybe I'm just not watching it closely enough?
I doubt that my resistance heater NEVER comes on, because sometimes I do smell the hot metal odor associated with a hair dryer heater coil, but I haven't been able to associate this with any other indicator.
Unless I want fan-only operation, I always turn on both the Heat and A/C buttons, since I assume that having the A/C off would disable the heat pump. Is that correct?
I mostly keep the app on the Summary screen. When the temp setpoint is roughly 20 degrees above the outside temp, I'll usually see the heater bar pulling 1500 to 2000 watts for a couple of minutes, then ramp down to 500 watts or even 250. I almost never see the AC bar come on. Friday afternoon I did see it show a bit of AC usage, which was surprising since it wasn't that warm out, the car was parked in shade and I didn't expect the system to call for cooling. However, I shut off the climate control switch without bothering to check for cold air, so I'm not sure what it was doing. Does the Summary screen "Hetr" bar distinguish between resistive and heat pump heating, or does it just show the amount of power being used by either of those?
Should I be using the Table screen instead? I have run it occasionally, but it seems that it always says "HVAC" if I have both Heat and A/C buttons on, so I haven't found that to be informative. Maybe I'm just not watching it closely enough?
I doubt that my resistance heater NEVER comes on, because sometimes I do smell the hot metal odor associated with a hair dryer heater coil, but I haven't been able to associate this with any other indicator.