Recent content by Powderkeg

I own a 2017 P100D and mine has failed twice both under warranty thank god. First time I pulled into the Baytown, Texas Supercharger and got a “Vehicle Not Driveable Service Required” message when I plugged it in to charge. Towed to the Houston SC. I live in Florida so I ended up with plane...

I agree with the others regarding low miles. That is a huge problem. I would immediately set aside a rainy day fund for the RDU. And when it fails insist on the -U revision. The coolant delete seems to be the answer. I have an early 2017 P100D “unicorn” and I love it. Been through three RDU’s...

I have done a significant amount of background work since I started this post and thought that perhaps an update would be appropriate. After purchasing a DJI Mavic 3T drone and a lot of experimenting here is what I have discovered: Referencing the attached photo, it is very easy to determine...

It is widely known that utilities are rapidly moving to thermal imaging to detect problems with commercial solar installations. This technology when mounted to a drone can thermal photograph thousands of commercial solar panels in a matter of a few hours and identify bad modules with various...

Your numbers to me would question whether you will generate enough power to run your house, cars, and then have residual to charge six batteries. I am running a 21Kw system with six powerwalls in Florida. With sunlight 100% of the daytime, I barely charge the six batteries to capacity each day...

I have a 2017 P100D (January 2017) one of the last MS manufactured with transferable FUSC. Almost all of the miles are on interstate 10 between Florida and Los Angeles (seven trips) using Superchargers. Looking at the numbers to date: Approximate miles: 60,000 Number of charges: 491 (These are...

I have three Tesla Inverters with the same problem. Tried power resetting them which didn't help.

Went through this about six months ago and learned a lot. System is 21Kw solar roof with six powerwalls and three Tesla inverters. Gutter guys came over and two installers received an electrical shock. We determined that the entire roof was hot on all four sides. Tesla updated the firmware...

We went through this a few weeks ago..... Here is the link Unable to get FSD betas due to camera upgrade

What they are saying is that there will not be any more with the current camera set. I should have also mentioned that the updated cameras provide a better 360-degree view versus the current units that are installed which is the reason for the change.

For those of you that have been following along I got clarification from my local Service Center. I have the most recent cameras installed. The cameras however will need to be upgraded again in order to run the final production FSD software. So just to be clear.... The AP2.0 cameras were...

I have been patiently waiting since November 2021 for the FSD beta for my 2017 MS P100D when my cameras were upgraded and the MCU2 was installed. The vehicle was delivered with MCU1 and AP2.0. Safety score has always been 95 or above. Recently the Tesla app version 4.14.2 allows the user to...

Just had this same issue two weeks ago. It ended up being the inverter SCR(s) which is replaced as an assembly with the rear drive unit (RDU). A rear drive unit used on Ebay is more than $6,000. Thank goodness it was under warranty. My beef is that there should be a notification that your 12V...

Had my system installed a little over a year ago. Duke has never shown the credits and I have yet to get a true up that I am aware of. I used to think they would do it at the end of the year but now have resigned myself to not getting them at all. Granted I do not give back very much so I am not...

Yes you can. I have the exact same thing installed running a 22KW system. The three inverters are Tesla 7.6KW With respect to whether you need six powerwalls the answer is whether you can generate enough energy daily to fully charge them after you factor in your normal power usage. My gut tells...