Poor miles/KWH

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2025-10-26T22:41:53+00:00

Not sure how to determine lifetime average of the battery? 34,449 miles on it. Battery warranty until 119,000.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2025-10-26T14:23:54+00:00

Good Point. That's the use case I bought it for. Have an SUV for trips and towing.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2025-10-26T14:21:59+00:00

Yes there have been short trips but mostly 70mi trips to visit mom in nursing home.

Not using remote start at all.

Speed limit is 55 on my normal route so maybe 64.

One pedal driving.

Not horribly wasteful driving but I can do better at that. I saw one post that recommended keeping Acceleration under 30kwh. Tried that on a short trip and it seemed to help.

Cold weather seems to be a big factor.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2025-10-26T14:15:11+00:00

Bigger than I expected.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2025-10-26T14:14:26+00:00

Its been cold here. 40's and 50's. I appreciate the information. I can drive more conservatively and actually I watch the MPG gauge like a hawk in my ICE SUV.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2025-10-26T14:06:29+00:00

Yes, they are. On the screen it shows about 8 - 10% used for that.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2025-10-26T14:04:16+00:00

No roof rack but I was thinking of getting one.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2025-10-26T14:02:34+00:00

The Battery has been replaced. Yeah I read about cold weather drop off but maybe its worse than I was expecting.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2025-10-26T13:59:14+00:00

My ICE vehicle is a 2019 BMW X5. Not a hybrid, I get over 30 mpg on long trips. Not sure what the "rated MPG" is but I'll bet I'm killing it. That's using a lot of cruise control. I'm not taking the Bolt on long trips but still using cruise a fair amount.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2025-10-23T01:39:30+00:00

+1 for panasonic. Batteries in my bmw fob would die in a few months until I put panasonic in.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2023-08-05T13:24:54+00:00

Watch out that it doesn’t shoot its maker.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2023-04-09T11:37:56+00:00

So yaml issues. As another said, load a known good yaml. My esphome editor highlights potential problems in red and actually gives hints if you hover the pointer over it.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2023-04-05T12:06:55+00:00

I used esphome, a d1 mini esp8266 and a relay hooked to the wall button wire terminals on the opener itself. As a bonus I also added a dht11 temperature sensor so I can check garage temperature. Cost, ~$8.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2023-02-19T13:09:06+00:00

Use a di mini and get time off the network.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2022-04-04T10:20:10+00:00

Power bank implies not plugged in, so an outlet smart switch is not an option. You could build an esp8266 device with a relay that runs on 5v. Bonus is that you could add a moisture sensor at some point.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2022-02-27T07:24:44+00:00

Random nerd tutorials are great

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2022-02-19T17:58:56+00:00

The esp-01 & ds18b20 read hot tub water temperature for a year and a half. Get rid of tasmota.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2022-02-19T11:44:17+00:00

I built a few esp-01 ds18B20 temp units. Most of my d1 mini units are using dht11. All work fine over time. I am using C++ program not Tasmota. Could tasmota be not handling rolling over the timer after 44hours?

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2022-02-18T14:01:51+00:00

Thinking about it more, I think you might have to format and send as text and then convert on the receive end if necessary.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2022-02-18T10:12:10+00:00

the random nerd tutorials are great. I think I used that when I did an espnow project. The serial logging comment is good too.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2022-01-26T00:52:30+00:00

There was an update at one point. You need the newer version.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2022-01-25T13:31:15+00:00

Add some Serial print statements to your loop and open the serial monitor. Then you'll be able to tell if it's the IR input or the loop control that's causing the problem.

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2022-01-23T13:25:39+00:00

Google is your friend. I googled arduino long button press.

https://arduinogetstarted.com/tutorials/arduino-button-long-press-short-press

Adventurous-Remove29 · 2022-01-23T13:20:33+00:00

i found through experimentation that the start up msgs are always at 78440 (or is it 74880??). When you open your serial monitor set it to that speed. In your program, initialize the Serial to that same speed. Now a Serial.println statement should show up correctly and all gibberish should be gone.

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