Recent content by Dan123

Thank you, great idea to get through the seats. I can also have someone with a hose spray the car and see if I can spot any leaks.

Thank you for the information! I took the car to a Tesla service center, where a very unhelpful employee looked it at and said that he can’t help me. They didn’t tell me that all of them have two holes, or that there is an adapter available.

I recently had a trunk lid replaced. The new trunk lid came with 2 holes for the license plate, spaced 8 inches apart. The typical U.S. license plate has 4 whole, spaced 7 inches apart. I had to buy an adapter to install the license plate. Why is the new trunk lid different? Was it from a...

Also, on a cold sunny day, the peak production can really exceed the peak production (it would be limited only by the inverter size).

I suggest trying to get a compressor with a lower LRA rating (variable speed). They are also more energy efficient and better dehimidifiers. The thing is that they can't count on the homeowner to do load balancing. What if you are not home? What if you sell the house? The system has to work...

Presumably, the solar system + PW increases the value of the house. So if someone moves in 7 years, all or a portion of that cost can be recouped by increasing the selling price of the house.

If I offered you an investment that pays 5%, would it be correct to calculate the return on that investment using 1.5% (since you currently have the money invested at 3.5%)? I don't think so. 3.5% is one investment, and 5% is another investment. PV is also another investment, and its returns...

Everything you buy has an opportunity cost. If you pay $30000 for a car in cash, are you going to add the 3.5% that you could have earned on that $30000 to the cost of the car? No. If you use your approach of only taking into account the lost income vs. savings, than your breakeven period is...

Ok, first of all, you are not supposed to take into account the 3.5% that your investment can yield. That's called opportunity cost (the income from other investments that you forgo to make this investment). There is always a higher yielding investment, so you can't take it into account in...

The delay in solar power production is 5 minutes (300 seconds) by default. That doesn't depend on the Powerwall, but depends on the inverter settings. It can be changed, but the settings depend also on how your system is designed and local electrical regulations.

For me, it happens whether it is on automatic or manual. It happens when the ambient temperature is close to the temperature set in the climate system. For example, 71 outside, and 72 on the climate control will blow cool air in the front and hot air in the back.

I noticed on several occasions that the rear air vent (for rear passenger) was blowing warm air, while the front driver went was blowing apparently cool AC air. This morning it happened when it was 72 degrees outside, and the AC was set to auto at 72 degrees. Questions: 1. Are there separate...

Yes, Enphase was having supply issues in early 2019.

I think your have to choices to make your system work better. 1. Try what gpez is suggesting. I don't know if your microinverters support this function. If your system was installed recently, maybe your installed will agree to swap them out for Enphase? 2. The other option is to take one of...

It is possible to connect one inverter to the "inside" side of the PW Gateway, and connect the other to the "outside."