Tesla Winter Camping 

Thanks :)

We had over minus 10 here in germany and i almost died🤣

That’s Celsius.

And most of them are cheaper in the winter :)

Well that would make sense why it got "colder" outside once I turned camp mode on. Thanks!

Absolutely agree. I often have this on cold winter morning when the air is still and my heat pump is working like crazy. Often it can only be -5°c or so, but I get well below -10

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I thought the 30 amp TT-30 was very common, it's at all the provincial campgrounds that have power in AB, BC and SK. Maybe 50A is more common over there? Harder to find a 50A plug at a nice campground here in my experience, usually just the 'RV parks' have those. Lot's of choices though. Even just a regular 15A/120V plug is useful if camping in the same spot for a couple days.

@@TeslaCampingCanada Ontario campgrounds have TT-30 at RV sites but they're usually not right beside the site. It's usually a shared area in between the camp sites so you need long extension cords.

Interesting, I've never seen that in western Canada. I'll have to get a TT-30 extension cord when I make a trip out that way.

Thanks for watching :)

Yes! Thank you! More Bluetooth functionality! It's crazy that even the music controls in the app are through internet and not Bluetooth. It should default to use Bluetooth for all controls if in range, if not then go through the internet. I've had to do the door thing too I think. Also, In the summer I often sleep in the car without using camp mode, so the car is totally asleep.

Ya it wasn't until the first camping trip with my wife that we tested it out and realized how it worked, before that I had been sleeping in an unlocked car I guess, oops!

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You're right, it was very calm that night, so that makes sense with the heat pump making the outside air by the sensor colder. Thanks!

Ya that would work too, add it back in the morning. Just locking from the main screen is probably easier though.

Just the government campground booking website.

Good to know, I'll try put up with the noise next time and see.

Should i keep fan on auto in summer too? Is it more efficient than just keeping it on AC ?

@@PerformanceY Heat pumps are more efficient when using AC, heating uses more energy.

Thanks, just Alberta and BC so far.

Ya that might be the better way to do it, I'll have to try that, thanks!

Yup, power worked. C$39/night. I think the only government campgrounds open in the winter here are ones with power.

​@@TeslaCampingCanadathats pretty expensive

@@justaguyfromreddit Yup, campgrounds have gotten very expensive here. The provincial campgrounds are usually $28 for a basic site, and $36 for powered. This place is a little more expensive, and there are others that are even more. $8 extra for power isn't too bad imo.

Thanks, it's a Model Y AWD LR

Thanks! I've been all over Alberta and BC. Really want to do a trip up to the Yukon, and across Canada when I get the chance. I don't get free charging at superchargers unfortunately.

Is it normal in Canada that you find a charging station in the middle of the forest... ? This is coool! It was a joke with SUPERcharger... I meant the great charging station where you charged 😂 is there charging for free?

@@MartinN_Technik Oh haha, that joke went over my head! :p Yes there are many beautiful campgrounds that have electricity in Canada :) They aren't free, usually you pay C$8-11 more for a camping site with 30A power than a site with no power.

I made them myself from a roll of Reflectix from Home Depot

@@TeslaCampingCanada awesome, I will try this!

Interesting, it was accurate all afternoon and evening until I turned on camp mode, so I wonder if that somehow was causing it?

its one of those things that Tesla does so well on and some things are just weird haha@@TeslaCampingCanada

@@TeslaCampingCanada For what it's worth, I would trust the steady state of the car's temp sensor more than what looks like a cooking oriented analog/mechanical gauge. The gauge is designed to have the probe be at a certain temperature and the dial at roughly room temperature, and the car likely uses an RTD. The RTD is inside of a plastic housing, so this adds a lot of time for it to catch up to large sudden temperature swings, but unless it's damaged or somehow ingested moisture I would bet more money on its calibration being closer to reality in these conditions.

@@dylanmahoney1401 It definitely could be that the car was accurate. I didn't consider it at the time, because I've never noticed that analog thermometer to be wrong before and I check it every morning on my patio. It's not a cooking thermometer, just a regular thermometer from the hardware store that people put outside. I should have put my digital thermometer outside too, I wasn't thinking... oops. Next time!

@@TeslaCampingCanada No worries! I can't say for certain that I'm right, if you use that probe in these conditions and it's accurate every day then maybe the car is wrong! But the good (albeit a little extreme) mindset to have is to never trust just one sensor in isolation :) In industries where measurement accuracy really really matters, engineers will use 3+ sensors (of perhaps varying types) to make it dual fault tolerant, and then take the median value. So another practical way to look at it is the real temperature was somewhere in between the two measurements haha

It's a campground, so I was paying the electric bill :p

@@TeslaCampingCanada thank you for explaining I was confused as shit 😭🤣🤣

That's right, they've removed the external temperature sensor on newer cars haven't they? Mine is old enough it has the sensor. I mean, it knows my garage is -4c when it's actually -30c outside, so it seems to be using the sensor.

Sorry, I'm not sure what this comment is in relation to?

Nah, the bears are hibernating :p

No, unfortunately still just using the stock all-seasons. Definitely don't recommend using those in icy conditions. Lucky I don't have to drive much in winter right now.

I am in the south of China, there is no chance to see so much snow all year round, if you want to see snow, you have to go to the north, thank you for sharing, I will follow you.@@TeslaCampingCanada

Thanks :)

Thanks!

Yes I did say at one point that 20c was too hot to sleep in, and I wanted about 17-18c, it ended up getting down to 14c which was also fine. 4c in your room during winter, that is impressive!

öow temp to sleep is fine. I would just consider that temps under 10-12 degrees can be very bad for the house since mold loves to grow in those temps. safer to keep it at 12-18. just saying :)

~17 is the sweet spot for me personally.

10° you are putting your body at serious risk

@@eveythingthatsadam Did I mention my eiderdown duvet keeps me warm and cozy?

A lot warmer than -38c the weekend before! 😁

I'm 175cm

I already had more than enough to get home, but I charged for a couple hours anyway while i finished breakfast and packed up. Wanted to actually use some electricity since I paid for the power site lol.

I can't wait to see people's Cybertruck camping setups!

There is already a video available on YT and it looks like the guy did something wrong and then claimed it was a terrible experience.

Yeah, after this I saw the video from the Whats Inside Guy. I think probably the better setup for the Cybertruck might be as a real basecamp sort of thing. With some sort of tent in the bed with heat/cooling powered via the electrical outlets. However that is something totally different than Camp Mode in a typical Tesla thus far. @@juzoff

its only great when you have electricity around but for people with ICE vehicles you can literaly go everywhere you want all year round! ive seen someone camping in the middle of nowhere in its own built camper on a ford 7.3 l idi 350 i think, its actually fun tbh! having more freedom.

@@alanmay7929 with ICE vehicle you need to run the engine the whole night to stay warm. Not all places to let you idle the whole night. And it also might be dangerous too due to exhaust gases which may enter the cabin and cause poisoning (it happens more often than you may think). You can get a specific diesel heater aka WEBASTO installed though. But that’s not for all vehicles. And again. You need to burn fuel the whole night.

It's a miracle! 🤣

It felt like spring compared to the -38c the week before ;)

Haha yes, my trusty old thermometer ;)

Why u watching his vid 😅😅

@@henrycruz45cal my duramax diesel I can't camp in. It and it'll idle for like a week on a tank of fuel lol

@@serbia991 well the Tesla will do it for 10 days. Did you not watch the vid 🤣. And imagine in summer lol

@DecoD71 have fun with your plug in junk when the grid goes down keep listing to Joe biden and keep.driving your little electric toy

@@henrycruz45cal are you sure about that!? lol!!!! what a lame comment!