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Anyone else's battery always hot?

smashweights

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Pretty much what the title says. Ambient temps in our area are 75-90 lately and I don't think I've ever seen my battery lower than 94 degrees over the last 3-4 weeks. I leave our garage window open overnight to keep it aired out but never seems to cool much. Clearly can get much cooler if you hit prep for fast charging and will drop to 70s over a bit.

Probably just over analyzing, let the BMS do its job but at least some online searching suggests 60-80 degree temps are best for battery longevity?
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Do you have vampire drain over night? If not don't worry about it. If you're losing a lot of battery overnight, then you have a problem. Heat comes from energy. Look at the percentage or miles when you finish driving. If it doesn't change by the next day, everything is ok. I'd expect fluctuation of a couple miles, plus or minus 1-5. If you lose 100 miles. That's a problem.
 
 








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