Does anyone believe this? (Internal/external temperature readings)

[Rolfe]

I can usually take a good guess at the internal temperature from the external temperature.

 

[Vingnut]

While temperature is the topic. I have noticed my water bottle does not freeze when I let it lie on the floor in the MG4 even in -5°C outdoors. In my old Toyota Auris the water bottle freezes totally overnight in same temp (same night and the cars are parked side by side).

But if I let the water bottle stand in the centre console it will freeze partly overnight.

 

[siteguru]

Maybe residual heat from the battery pack is stopping it freezing?

 

[Vingnut]

Maybe residual heat from the battery pack is stopping it freezing?

Maybe, but this has happend when the car has not been used in a couple of days too. On the other hand it's a pretty big battery though.

 

[securespark]

Wait until you think its been nicked, and parked in the middle of Paris ?

I wondered where Mrs S was the other day and the app told me she was in central Brussels....

 

[DaevM]

Well, summer ain't here yet, still a bit chilly. Kept in a cool garage and somewhat surprised at the internal temp according to the app. 2100(ish) ??
Haven't even been in the car for 3 days!

 

[AndyL61]

Yeah 87 degs appears occasionally accompanied by no outside temperature. Goes back to normal next time. ?

 

[DaevM]

Yeah 87 degs appears occasionally accompanied by no outside temperature. Goes back to normal next time. ?

Weird but goof to know, thank you.
By amusing coincidence we had a complex power cut tonight just as I posted the earlier post. I was literally going out to set a charge for tonight and everything went off. My phone was down to 30% and no tv, so what's to entertain? . Realised I could charge the phone off the car, so set that going and was thinking about setting up the V2L ( ?) as haven't tried it yet - bedtime cuppa, but we've got a camping gas stove and mrs enjoys using that, so one trip into the loft later....
We are now running off a streetlamp(?) and no doubt they'll be around to effect a permanent fix tomorrow.
Octopus OCPP schedule set for overnight. ?.
Kettle on for bedtime brew.
Happy daze.
....aaaand oh yeah, int temp back down to 17°C ??

 

[DaevM]

.....and then, as the street lights went off for their 0030-0530 snooze, so did the house ( I asked them!!). So, no car charge, no hot water, no domestic battery charge. ?

 

[Rolfe]

Merged into the earlier thread discussing internal temperature anomalies.

 

[DaevM]

Merged into the earlier thread discussing internal temperature anomalies.

Oops, sorry. Thanks. It's a thing, who knew? Well, obviously everyone 'cept me ?.
To be fair, half a bottle of wine and some Polish Bison Grass vodka later and a whole evening of power failure adventures later my thought processes weren't as organised as they should be. Still, at least I didn't buy anything ??... at least I don't think I did { checks bank acct.}.
Update : Leccy still off ( should come back on at 5!! - GMT or BST?) . Fridge/freezer getting warmer, car not charged ?
...and finally, to bring it back on topic, car temps in app fine, 15/17 ext/int.

 

[DaevM]

Power's back - just the 24 hours then. Apparently 50 year old power supplies are being replaced nationwide, dependant on cost vs outage inconveniences.

Meanwhile, car temp is fine - 14/18 ext/int ??

 

[chiarabrixia]

Funny enough @Rolfe, I noticed a similar disparity yesterday when I went to preheat on the app.
It was a good 6 degrees between inside and outside. (+3 out, + 9 in)
Never thought much of it to be honest.

Just checked again now, and it much more as I would expect.

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Can you get this app in the U.K. ? Which app is it?

 

[Rolfe]

You should have it? Didn't your dealer sort it out for you when you collected your car?

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

Can you get this app in the U.K. ? Which app is it?

 

[chiarabrixia]

thank you

 

[Seajays]

The iSmart app really does give some interesting temperature readings sometimes.

I really hope it's not accurate, as if it is, it probably means my garage is on fire... ? ?

 

[MEH]

It set my alarm off twice yesterday, I've had to unpair it

 

[Edward Xuereb]

I get this issue sometimes. It is a bug in the app. When it happens rescan the car again with the app and it would correct itself.

 

[PeteC]

You're running quite cool there! I see your 87 and raise it to 127, not to mention my battery voltage! ? At least my airbag was ok...