Recent content by nyprepper

Yes, I leave my PW's set at 100% and I observe the same behavior with mine.

yeah, it's a real problem here for me. i remember asking the Tesla sales guy about snow on the panels back in 2018 when I first got solar. He said "it melts right off!"..... Well, No, it doesn't melt right off if it stays below 20f for a week. I won't see any solar production for at least...

I have the same situation/set-up. I have a sub panel with a set of critical circuits that I can isolate and run off my 5kw Yamaha gas generator in a scenario in which my PW's are depleted or malfunction. In 4 years with Solar/PW I have not had to use this contingency, knock on wood. I...

quick update.... we had a grid outage last night and I woke up to PW's at 90% capacity. I switched to grid charging and the PW's started charging with 3.4kw (total) from the grid. As capacity neared 100% I observed that the draw rate from the grid tapered down gradually from 3.4kw to 2.3kw...

thank you @jjrandorin i expected the charge rate would be about twice that, I appreciate you sharing your insight and experience

as stated I have two PW's...... I love the "charge from grid" option and it was one of my original enhancement requests when i got my system installed in 2018.... very happy to finally have this capability. Right now I have a foot of snow on my panels and no solar production. PW's down to 95%...

I have two PW's stacked on my basement floor. Basement is part of a two car garage. I have floor drains like you. I had both my sumps fail last year during a major rain/flood event and things got a little dicey. Floor drains were partially clogged and got overwhelmed. My wife and I spent 8...

Yes, thank you. I used Tesla support via chat on the mobile app (pleasantly surprised with the experience).... they walked me through exactly what you just described. ... turn inverter off. turn pv breaker off, wait 2 minutes, turn pv breaker on, turn inverter on..... that did the trick...

as of this morning i have had zero solar production. mobile app shows zero, connection via TEG shows zero, and display on the inverter shows zero. I checked all the breakers, everything looks good. Powerwalls are on, solid green light, show 99% capacity. I've got a big on/off dial/switch...

My gateway has no cellular connection due to weak/non-existent signal. After my install I put up a huge stink and tried to get them to switch it to Verizon or install a booster with no luck. If my ISP goes down I have to connect directly to the TEG wifi network to have any visibility into...

this thread has me confused now..... What is the best routine for extending the performance and lifespan of the PW's? I keep mine set at 100% and only draw them down during grid outages. Is it healthier for them to be cycled more regularly? Or should I lower the reserve to something less...

i have a 6.6kw PV and two PW's....when the system was installed in 2018 they put what they told me was a "soft start" on my central AC to lower start-up amperage. I'm now getting my older central AC replaced with a new Lennox Elite system.... it's a single unit, 5 ton, 17 seer. The AC...

quick update, I completely disconnected that Solar CIty black box over a month ago and there has been no loss of functionality/visiblity in my system and I have received absolutely no alerts from Tesla. at this point i'm 99.9% certain it was not needed for anything.

this behavior has changed with a recent update. i used to see 100% in Storm Watch. Only within the last few months have I observed a 98% cap. I'm tempted to toggle to grid charging to see they come up to 100%. my panels are buried under a foot of snow right now and i'm flabbergasted we...

we got about 14" and have a few hours of light snow left. panels are buried. hopefully it will slide off this afternoon. storm watch still active here. PW's at 98%. I can't believe we haven't lost grid power yet. fun fun.... headed out to plow now.