Recent content by wattsupguys

I'm on 24.2.7 with a '23 LR7 and I had retrofitted the oem module and a data cable and when I went to try and use my USB wireless game controllers today they were not recognized. I did not try a full reboot. I had to move my usb-c hub and add a usb-c_to_A adapter and then plug in my sentry USB...

Do you have the OEM part for the USB data input in the center console, or a third-party part? I had heard of issues with the third-party parts but not OEM yet. I have the OEM part purchased from Tesla (though my 2023 LR6 Y did not come with it) and last used USB game sticks a few weeks ago...

Thanks for sharing this! Looks like you have done the hard work that will make it a lot easier for me to transition from using the owners API via teslapy to the BLE local commands to excess solar charge while production prioritizing the PowerWall to get full each day. Need to spend some time...

No check here yet in SCE country, and I was just thinking yesterday about this (when I got a recall notice from Tesla for a Model Y, letting me know that our car was already running a software version with a fix for the recall :-p).

California lawmakers backpedal on new electricity rates rule based on customer income It’s a good time to contact your California representatives and ask them to fix AB 205 which will further decimate solar and make electricity exceedingly expensive for those who have already prepaid their...

Yes, as I pointed out in the post you quoted, below the screenshot, I was mistaken and realized that they were not quoting all-in costs including installation. I wonder what an additional Powerwall would cost to an already installed system, but probably better to just wait for more Tesla models...

Last year, I think the checks came about February - there was just a dollar amount. If you don't have grid export enabled you can look at the Powerwall data for the year and click on Grid, then the Exported section should have a Powerwall listing, which would reflect the vpp events. With that...

I had seen that price ordering a single Powerwall direct from Tesla. Went back and checked now for an address in Southern California and the price is showing as $8400 before 30% tax credit: Just realized that does not include installation costs. Sorry! That is where all of the local installers...

I hope this doesn't come off as a fanboy response, because it's not my intent, but if the Wallbox costs $6-7k as suggested by the posts above, it seems like it's a draw, given that you can/could get a Powerwall with gateway installed for 9k direct from Tesla (6k after the 30% tax rebate for...

For those planning on the 30% tax credit for installing an ev charger, do you all live in a "rural" census tract? I was trying to understand the credit from the form 8911 instructions and it seems like they have blocked most populated zip codes from being able to receive the credit...

Going with an EVSE that has good API support would be ideal, but I also have a Powerwall and am looking forward to a future where the car(s) sitting in my driveway can suck up as much excess solar as I can produce and then use bidirectional charging to send it back to the home allowing us to...

Thanks for the clarification on the Wall Connector for Powerwall owners. That would be great! I don't want to give Tesla any ideas to increase the price, but even $2-6k would be a bargain for existing Powerwall owners who also have Tesla cars purchased say, a year ago, before 20k price drops...

Seems like an ESP32 would be perfect to translate the API to wifi on your home network, with BLE connection to the car, but would need someone to convert Tesla's code from Rust to something that could run on microPython? (I guess a raspberry pi zero w in the garage could do it running Rust, but...

Dang, so the Tesla Wall Connector that I bought but haven't installed yet won't be able to do this, but if I already have a Powerwall/Gateway, I can buy and install a UWC and potentially be ready for endless off-grid once we have a compatible car (assuming that you can get by with ~5x the daily...

Ugh. Tesla's built in Charge with Solar doesn't work the way I want (updating the charging speed with excess solar after subtracting out the watts needed to get my Powerwall to full by 4pm in consumption mode), or let me charge with excess solar - house use after expensive electricity kicks in...