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Yesterday we had a horrendous storm, lightning getting closer, and I had just received the notification that my 2017 was done charging. Went out in the garage to unplug it so that if we get a close strike, the surge wouldn't damage anything but the car was still whirring with a fan on. I chose the lesser of two evils and just unplugged it figuring it'd be better to do that than risk a lightning strike. As soon as I unplugged it, the fan went off. I'm just wondering: what did I prevent from occurring when I did that. Is that bad for the battery because it doesn't cool it down all the way?
Also, unrelated, when I drive my kid to the bus stop, it's less than a mile round trip and I usually use .1 or .2 kW. I've read here that it's always best to keep it plugged in so the car can do whatever "maintenance" it needs, but is that really good: to plug it back in with only .2 kW used? What I've been doing is kind of splitting the difference. I work at home so if I don't go anywhere most days and I'm just doing bus stop trips, I'll do three or four without plugging it back in and I'll plug it in on the third or fourth day with maybe 1 kW used.
Wondering...
Mike
Also, unrelated, when I drive my kid to the bus stop, it's less than a mile round trip and I usually use .1 or .2 kW. I've read here that it's always best to keep it plugged in so the car can do whatever "maintenance" it needs, but is that really good: to plug it back in with only .2 kW used? What I've been doing is kind of splitting the difference. I work at home so if I don't go anywhere most days and I'm just doing bus stop trips, I'll do three or four without plugging it back in and I'll plug it in on the third or fourth day with maybe 1 kW used.
Wondering...
Mike