Data re: battery temps

[mikehmb]

Posting this in case anyone is interested.

Car sat all day Sunday without being driven. Washed it and put it in the garage (so 30 seconds drive time in 36 hours). Left on charger last night, NO departure schedule set. Yesterday’s temps were high 50s.

Charge schedule midnight -> 3pm
Initial SOC 58%
Final SOC 80%
Garage temp 58 degrees F
Battery temp this morning 67 degrees F

So - it definitely warmed itself up during the charge, and I definitely didn’t deliberately tell it to do so.

YMMV etc etc

I’d post a pic but apparently it’s “too big” for the forum to accept. <shrug>

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[Electrified Outdoors]

Even in the 30s outside my unheated garage I'm usually always around 55-60F on battery temp. It stays plugged at all times when garaged.

 

[COdogman]

Mine is also always plugged in when in my garage (L1), and the battery usually doesn't get lower than the mid 30s if I don't set the HVAC to start before I leave. Today it was -5 and I started the HVAC about 10 minutes before I left. Battery was 45 degrees when I got in the truck.

 

[Riviot]

I suspect >70% warms the battery significantly. My normal is 70% so I rarely see temp grow much above 65 in my usually 40s but currently 30s. Garage... Unless I'm charging 80%+. Even when I plug it in at <20% and let it do it's normal midnight-7am charge.

 

[Dark-Fx]

That's just latent heat from adding charge. No intentional heating. Post the numbers from your "energy session".

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