Recent content by gpez

From what my installer says it's a new offering this year, same hardware just not fully integrated (have to run the power + comms). It's described on the order as "Tesla Powerwall+ with inverter".

Not possible with the conduit that was run - it's already maxed out with the battery. Nothing, but that's the same as any other electrical or natural gas appliance in the entire house. It'll be mounted on a concrete wall and the ceiling is sheetrock. Unless there's some fire safety concern I'm...

See, I posted this and knew it was going to cause confusion... The battery will be in the basement - much more temperate which will make it happier. There is no fireproofing consideration other than it will be hung on a concrete foundation wall. The question I have is for the inverter. It will...

After a bit of a hiatus, I'm back! We recently moved into a new home and am getting solar installed now. Exciting stuff but I could use the help of the forum for a question that just came up. New home is in a location where mean maximum high in the summer is 95f / 35c and mean minimum low in...

This is good news! Question: if you go off grid while the Powerwall is full and the local frequency goes up, does that screw up your powerline adapters? I ask because the old TP Link adapters I had seemed to struggle when the local frequency was 62hz+...

I read through the thread and may have missed it - @crackers8199 did you have the TEG forget your wifi network? I had to do so in order to get the ethernet connection to work consistently but it has been rock solid ever since.

Wow - that's super crummy but thanks for the update. I'm seriously considering PV + battery in my new home but after reviewing the other options and seeing these sort of stories I'd likely not go with the PW again.

With just how poorly worded this note was alone would cause me to ignore it, let alone deeply question the SA's general ability to provide competent service... What exactly does "back fed power surges from the Span IO if there is a power outage" mean? I did some research this morning and found...

Good journalism is supposed to be dumpy. I expected better from the AP than sensationalized articles. The grid was going to be unreliable regardless of any change in weather events and more people will be effected as, well, there are more people. Here's an actually decent article from USA Today...

Argh, I used to have so much respect for the AP and all of that has gone so far downhill with this pseudoscience explainer journalism... Yes, of course, power outages are more frequent - we have an aging grid, more people, and more demand for electricity than any other time in history. But to...

I have 1 Powerwall with 8.6kw of PV. Max I get during the summer peaks is about 6.3kW, which is still below the PW2's 7kw surge limit. If you don't want to buy more Powerwalls consider restringing your existing + some new to the single Powerwall and the rest to the non-backed up side. I don't...

Yes but I was not expecting $220k expensive :)

Looking to build a good sized new home with a large and complex roof. The quotes I've gotten so far for a Solar Roof are...well they're high. Just curious if anyone else has gotten a recent quote to help me understand if the area we're looking to build is marked up or if these systems are...

It's not a contest, but you're winning.

To my amateur that really sounds like a large breaker opening. Strange that its that many though. No smoke, smell, or anything else?