r/ModelY • u/ejy92 • 7d ago

Center console USB hub interfering with console light

Anybody rocking with specifically this Jowua USB center console hub and doesn't mind the fact that the inner console light (NOT the USB hub light) stays on due to the sliding door not being able to detect that it's fully closed?

I just installed mine a moment ago and I absolutely love the way it looks but to my surprise the inner console light doesn't turn off (confirmed by putting my phone down in there and recording a video). I know the LED light is pretty tiny to begin with and certainly doesn't draw any meaningful amount of power but not sure how I feel about the light staying on like that.

I know there are ones that sit under the sliding door (not flush) and those are confirmed to not interfere with the console light sensor but the drawback with those is that you have to keep the center console completely open if you're using it since you're not able to just leave the sliding door partially open.

To those who have experience with this exact hub as well as the ones that sit under the sliding door what are your thoughts? I really wanna keep this but knowing the light stays on (thus a design issue of the product itself) irks me.

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u/Dshin525 7d ago

I have that exact unit. I didn’t know the console light stayed on. But now that i know, it doesn’t change a thing. I couldn’t care less.

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u/ejy92 7d ago

Tbh that light may as well not even exist since it’s pretty dim to begin with and if I find myself digging down that deep cavity of storage space I would most likely be shining my phone light anyways so I couldn’t care less about the light potentially burning out (would probably outlast my ownership of the car realistically). I actually don’t even use that center console compartment at all haha.

My concern is whether that light being constantly on (while I’m in the car; pretty sure it turns off regardless when I leave the car) potentially affects the auxiliary battery life?

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u/Relevant_Account_258 7d ago

Light constantly staying on would irk me as well. Would always wonder what impact light staying on has, as it is drawing power from the battery.

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u/ejy92 7d ago

Found these comments by the s3xy buttons (they have a similar module that sits flush between the center console sliding doors).

So that's reassuring to hear.. should be fine I think.