Charging habits

[Js1977]

 

[12Pack]

Indeed the option to explicitly set a limit of 80% is what's new on the 15's - and that's what I have done. Also per my posts above, if this requires a second charge later in the day - that's better than starting with 100%.

 

[Js1977]

For comparison , I passed on my iPhone 7 plus to my father inlaw which was about 4 years old and it still had 92% of its original value and these did not have the optimised setting.. Still fit for for purpose 3 years after that but he did say the battery wasn't lasting a whole day after that.

 

[Js1977]

Indeed the option to explicitly set a limit of 80% is what's new on the 15's - and that's what I have done. Also per my posts above, if this requires a second charge later in the day - that's better than starting with 100%.

Im sorry but i dont get it...why would you start a charge with already 100% ?

 

[spdpsba]

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That's what it says on an iPhone 15 Pro. Never had an iPhone before, so not sure what has changed...

Nothing - it is the same as in Pro 15, when it comes to battery health and charging. What has changed overall is you have an option of 80% limit. Optimised charging on iPhone means learns from the charging routines and wait to finish past 80%.

 

[WannabeOwner]

if this requires a second charge later in the day

I doubt I'm the only one, but I have a wireless charger on my desk. I just rest the phone on that when at my desk, easier to grab it, to use it, than if it is cabled. They are only a few quid, I bought several for each family member a few years back. Christmas is coming ...

 

[Adopado]

Not something I ever worried and had issue with iPhones in the many years since they are a different usage case to let say my MacBook which is 99% of the time plugged in but I use 3rd party software to limit it to 70% charge.

Off topic but ... what software do/did you use to put a limit on MacBook charging?

 

[Js1977]

Off topic but ... what software do/did you use to put a limit on MacBook charging?

Aldente

 

[browellm]

Nearly 3-years old, 37,000 miles. Teslamate reporting 3% battery degradation. I've generally surfed up and down charging %s and done a decent chunk of >90% charging

85% of my charging has been on AC.

So I would generally say don't sweat it. I think you are more likely to see detrimental long-term effects if you do a significant amount of of DC charging.

 

[browellm]

Actually, just seen the latest version of Teslamate has a new Battery Health dashboard. Must update and check that out.

 

[12Pack]

Im sorry but i dont get it...why would you start a charge with already 100% ?

Off topic, but I meant it’s healthier to start off your day with your phone charged at 80%. (even if it means having to top up during the day) than to start off with with 100% and not charge during the day.

 

[Jason71]

Indeed the option to explicitly set a limit of 80% is what's new on the 15's - and that's what I have done. Also per my posts above, if this requires a second charge later in the day - that's better than starting with 100%.

For the record Samsung have had this feature for a couple of years and retro added it to some older models at the same time. Its only software after all. But they keep it pretty well hidden. Almost like they don't want you to use it.

I bet most owners don't even know it's there

 

[yessuz]

1.9 year old car :/

 

[GeorgeSymonds]

It kind of shows why these things are nothing more than a rough idea - 10k miles ago you had a reading where the battery had half the loss you do today and better than a reading at around 16k miles. When you first got it, the battery even improved over the first 10k miles,

You can see a general trend and thats useful, but I'd have thought what we'd ideally need is benchmarking against cars with similar mileage if nothing else. Is 6.7% good or bad for a car approach 40k miles?

 

[spdpsba]

19 year old car :/

Did you mean it is Elon’s car - the first Roadster? That was the only Tesla that I can think of that is 19 years old!

 

[yessuz]

It kind of shows why these things are nothing more than a rough idea - 10k miles ago you had a reading where the battery had half the loss you do today and better than a reading at around 16k miles. When you first got it, the battery even improved over the first 10k miles,

You can see a general trend and thats useful, but I'd have thought what we'd ideally need is benchmarking against cars with similar mileage if nothing else. Is 6.7% good or bad for a car approach 40k miles?

I agree. More over, what is the actual battery capacity I have? is it 80, 79 or 76 kwh? if you add this number as original capacity, then the drop rate changes as well :/

 

[yessuz]

Did you mean it is Elon’s car - the first Roadster? That was the only Tesla that I can think of that is 19 years old!

1.9 fixed

 

[Irata]

Did you mean it is Elon’s car - the first Roadster? That was the only Tesla that I can think of that is 19 years old!

I think that one is in orbit.

 

[WannabeOwner]

You can see a general trend and thats useful, but I'd have thought what we'd ideally need is benchmarking against cars with similar mileage if nothing else. Is 6.7% good or bad for a car approach 40k miles?

FWIW TeslaFi shows "your car" and "fleet" for comparison

 

[spdpsba]

I think that one is in orbit.

True, but given his interest for numbers and modesty , I thought he has put up the data in some kind of forum as he does not like marketing that much!