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		krallja on Feb 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla responds to "bricking" issue Do you need the full 30W to keep the battery alive, or is that for the whole electrical system on standby?

jws on Feb 25, 2012 [–]

I suspect it is dominated by self discharge. By that is just guessing at the load.

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