sendler2112
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DaveinOlyWA said:The SOC reported by car or LS is based on calculated capacity of the pack. One has a hidden buffer, the other does not.
This is the reason there is no specific GID value for Turtle. Turtle is a voltage controlled situation. It comes on when it senses ONE cell hitting the critical voltage.
Now, despite one cell being close to that critical voltage, one could conceivably drive relatively far since there is still power in the pack. This is where Eco comes in. This is where gentle driving comes in.
Your scenario of driving from 100% to 20% daily will help bring the pack back into line (as long as there is no defective cells which appears unlikely in your case)
I don't recommend 100% charging generally but its Winter and you need the range so definitely do it. In Summer reevaluate to see if you can get away with charging to 80% or something lower.
Check your tire pressures. I would go no lower than 40 PSI "cold"
Brand new snow tires now. On treacherous roads the last few days. The good news is that it is easy to find someone else to follow that is going 60 mph so I am not the only "slow poke". Didn't get my 14-50 outlet run yet so still level 1 at home. It only made it back to 85% SOC at home the last three nights and with overnight lows of 13F, I am rolling in to work at 7% remaining. I assume 7% is worse for the weakest cell which then sits at 3.500v, is worse for it than 100%. Pack average was 3.560 The balance was good at the top at 13 mv last week although it may be a bit more out of whack now that I have taken the pack so low without reaching 100% again for 4 out of the last 6 cycles.