Recent content by GasDoc

Sorry that I've been absent from this thread. Thanks for all the input. This is going at our second home, up in the hills, which we might retire to someday. My primary motivation currently is to have some backup in the event of an outage. I generate enough power that PGE sends me a check for...

I think my Powerwall is supposed to come with an inverter. But I don't understand these things much. Maybe I just need an upgraded inverter for my solar array to bridge the technology gap?

The major downside of my configuration is that if the grid power is down, my reserve is limited to the capacity of one powerwall. Solar won’t charge it. On the other hand, if I could charge off solar and had sufficient battery and sunshine, I could weather through an indefinite power outage...

Yeah. The guy said it would be an additional $8500 to add the second Powerwall, redesign the system, wait for permits, and install two walls at once. To add it later would be the same $8500 for hardware and about $3k for installation costs. So I pay a three thousand dollar penalty to install the...

This would require a redesign and new permits, likely months of delays. I waited years for Tesla to come through with this free Powerwall from the referral program. I'm going to go with installing now and paying the penalty down the road of an additional installation fee when I purchase a second...

Can't the extra energy just be wasted somehow?

My free Powerwall, from the referral program, is being installed this week; after five years of waiting! We are installing at a home that has an existing, owned, 12kW solar array. The array is at least ten years old so I imagine it's degraded some and not really 12kW anymore. Tesla called me...

I'm trying to gauge how many members are still owed rewards from the various programs over the years. I was an early adopter and received numerous rewards including the Radio Flyer toy car, Arachnid wheels and service/purchase credits. For my first Powerwall, they could not deliver and gave me...

Been waiting since 2018 for my Founders Series Powerwall. They recently sent me the contract and I signed it; it'll be for the newer Powerwall as the Founders series is discontinued. No timing for installation or site survey though.

I've been waiting for a Powerwall referral since 2018. This year they finally completed the paperwork. But no survey or project start date in sight. Class action time?

You mean people have actually had powerwalls installed??? I won one as well as a Gigafactory opening party invite in the FIRST referral program over 2 years ago and haven't gotten a PowerWall. All my people took delivery, we got to go to the gigafactory and got email confirmation of the prize...

No dashcam purchased yet. Have to figure out where to power it. Was told that current draws are monitored and tapping into the wrong circuit may trigger some protections. M3??? I was hit by an M5. This is Hillsborough.

They included this new style charger with both 110 V plug and NEMA 14-50

I was told by my DS yesterday that it would be "cheaper than a tank of gas". So $17 for 85kWh which gives me roughly 200 miles? I'd say the math works out.

No NDA. A short clause in the sales agreement that I didn’t buy with the intent to resell for profit.