Recent content by DHevey

Installed both in Wilmington. Cape Fear Solar. They did a very professional job and they were easy to work with. I would highly recommend them.

I have two homes with Powerwalls. Neither is on a wi-fi extender, and both drop off the network occasionally. They always come back, so I'm not too worried about it, and I assume it's a bug that will eventually get fixed.

Your installer "could" purchase a new one and receive it almost immediately. He could then use your warrenty replacement (When it eventually arrives) to backfill his inventory.

You sound like you have a lot of knowledge of how the system works. I also have a lot of knowledge of how the system works. My reason for starting this thread was to comment on the fact that, when in Storm Watch mode, the system automatically decides to feed grid power to the critical loads...

I don't see my whole home usage - The Tesla system only sees and reports what is behind the gateway, which are my protected loads. Unprotected loads are monitored independently with a Sense unit. There is no Powerwall energy being fed to unprotected loads - ever. That would be self defeating...

I have two 200 Amp Panels. One is connected to the gateway, and one is not. The one that is not connected to the gateway does not receive power from the Powerwalls - ever. Yes, the unprotected loads receive excess solar when it is available, but the unprotected loads remain on the grid-side...

I realize that the Powerwalls get their timing from the grid, but can you explain how circuits being powered by Powerwalls are not isolated from the grid?

About a month ago, while I was out of town, we had several severe storms. I lost a router, an ethernet switch, and even one of my inverters. All were behind my Powerwalls, and I thought it was odd that equipment behind the Powerwalls could be damaged. I have six Powerwalls, so my protected...

I lost one of mine last week during a storm. It's basically doing the same thing as you describe. Waiting for a technician to come out, followed by the inevitable wait for a replacement. I'm wondering if it's worth it to posses a standby inverter for these occasions.

I just completed a third party install in NC that only has one Powerwall.

Another option is to go with a local company. In my experience, they are very responsive, but more expensive. I have a second home in NC, and the local solar company met me on site the day after I called them, went through several designs over the next few days, supplied a quote immediately...

I had the same problem with the same pump. I replaced the breaker with one from Home Depot and haven't had a problem since. My house is about four years old, and I've had to replace multiple GFI's in the last six months. I think they're just getting old and they were probably a bad batch anyway.

I have a solar hot water setup, too, with a Sun Earth 45 kW electric hot water heater. I've never noticed slow heating. It's the perfect use of my excess solar energy.

That's what I was hoping. Thanks!

I have Solar and Powerwalls in my main house, and am planning to add them to a second home. Does anyone know if I can use the same app and simply toggle back and forth between addresses like I toggle now between home and car?