Recent content by DrSmile

This. I looked into buying a Model X through my company to qualify for the credit, but $7500 worth of savings translate to less than a year of commercial insurance. Back to the drawing board...

Really crappy electrical service is the answer for me.

I always question the usefulness of this... How many people have their car home during the day? I guess more since COVID, but I pretty much am never home when the excess power is being made. My Powerwalls would make it doable but thankfully NJ is still net-metering.

Mine are at 11800 Wh after 5 years. The new ones are at 15000. Nothing lasts forever....

I have 13.2 KW of panels and made 42KWh on the solstice this year... the same amount that I made 5 years ago when the system was installed so that's pretty good considering degradation!

I got my rebate check this week! Thank you Tesla!

After deleting my original "in limbo" order from March I resubmitted in July. The two additional Powerwalls (2.1) were installed in the middle of October, along with the newer model gateway.

I am concerned about this because my first installed Powerwalls are located indoors, but code updates placed the last 2 outside. I hope the software is smart enough to still allow charging of the two warmer Powerwalls when the outside ones are too cold.

I rebooted the router and it works! Thank you so much!

I finally got my additional Powerwalls installed last week (yay!). They also replaced my original gateway with the new Gateway 2 and the tech added it to my local router network. I can control the Gateway fine in the app, but with Gateway One there was an option to stop the system, which I...

Thanks Yblaser. What happens when the grid voltage drops as it does around here on hot days? I notice the inverter will still output the same wattage, is it doing that by raising the amps? I would think this is also not good for the inverter.

What exactly happens to the excess power when solar production exceeds the inverter maximum? I know it clips, but it seems like the energy hast to go somewhere? Is it converted to heat? Given that there seem to be so many string inverter failures it seems fair to ask whether a high DC/AC ratio...

A 3 ton A/C based on 18 amps would use a little over 4KW per hour. That is about what mine uses. So just the A/C alone would deplete the PowerWall in just over 3 hours, never mind the rest of the house on top of that. I have two Powerwalls, but also 2 A/C units and although I can run both in an...

First thing I did is add a ton of insulation, including covering all the access points, but it didn't make a significant difference. It is a split level 50s era ranch so heating and cooling it is not very easy. The fan was a way cheaper solution than the insulation!

This month (July) was very hot in NJ, like everywhere else... This year is the first year that I have rewired the old attic fan that was already present with a slower motor and a thermostat set to 110 degrees. It doesn't pull air through the house, only through the attic space when the roof...