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Hi, I have a power blaster for about 5 months. I'm adding a 50 Amps breaker for the EV charger, and the main panel doesn't have any room to keep the power blaster. The electrician has to remove it or else he can't put in the 50Amps breaker. Looking for a solution how to keep it. I like the...

It was done by Tesla. The powerblaster has only two inputs, one for red and one for black. The CT is just an amperage sensor. Each CT has only enough space for one wire. Tesla installer bring in two more CTs, and splice two of them together. Then you have two set, each of them has 2 CTs. Because...

Hi, I have the exact setup. I have 4 wires, 2 reds, and 2 blacks wire running from the left side of the meter to the right side. Then the 4 wires goes into a 200A breaker. The installers was very good, and nice. I took them almost 1.4 hours to install the CTs. Initially, they tried to find way...

From talking to all my friend getting solar from Sunrun, PG&E is very straight on their system sizing. For Tesla, they can get away with a lot of red tape. I really don't know why. Either Tesla has a VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP. Or SunRun did something wrong.

Hi, I want to share with people. I asked Tesla is there any limit on the size of the system from PG&E. I specifically asking the 120% rule that your have pointed out. The energy advisor told me, the have a team of people working with PG&E and communicated regarding the system sizing. She told...

It depends on the area you live. In CA, NEM2 has peak and non-peak rate. You have two way to offset the peak-rate. 1. get a battery system, store the electricity during non-peak (Daytime), and use it in peak (after sunset). The different is around 25% more for peak. Putting some number in it...

I think you need to back up a little bit, and not looking at the dollar amount first. I'm in norcal bayarea, I'm getting between 5-6.8kWh per kW in my system, it average around 5.8kWh per kW. My system is 5.44kW * 5.8kWh = 31kWh per day. Using that you should be able to tell your average...

Tesla solar only pricing is too good to be true when it first started. They raised about 10% in price about a month back. Still even with that, their price is still very low. During the installation last year, the installer told me, Tesla pay them very well. The equipment price lower than any...

I totally agree. PW doesn't make finance sense to a lot of people due to the reason of 10 years warranty. If you have to pay 10k to replace the PW or gateway after 10 years. Then Tesla option become very expensive. Also one of the biggest advantage of having a PW is during power outage. If that...

IMO, powerwall never make a financial sense if you're purely looking for ROI. Here's the major reason 1. powerwall has a shorter lifetime than your PV, 10 years of warranty. Yes, it will work after 10 years, but it doesn't have warranty coverage. YMWV. 2. powerwall will save you money to store...

What was your annual usage? For 16.32kW system, what was the annual production estimate? What is your 14.28kW annual production estimate now? Just to get an idea what works. Tesla told me, each EV can add 3kW production quota.

I totally agree. You should get 8kW system if given your annual usage is 12kWh. Most of the utility would limit the system to 110-120%. I talked to Tesla about this. They told me, their interconnect department have communicate this before to the utility company. (I didn't ask further what that...

I heard SolarRoof inspection is much more involve. They need to inspects all the vent, exhaust on your roof. If you have skylight, they need to check it as well. Also, they need to look at the gutter, and roof structure backing. (Some roof doesn't have plywood). It's like re-roofing. Honestly...

Also, I would recommend you to go with 150-175% of your usage. My math is 25% for peak and non-peak difference. 25-50% for EV or future usage. It's more costly to add later. Even Tesla will not add panel to the existing system, they will only put in a separate system. It means even you have more...

Tesla doesn't give you an advise on the sizing of your system, or what is the best placement of the panel. They're a fast-food chain store for solar. They assume everyone placed the order want a solar. Their job is putting solar onto your roof, and passed inspection. The only reason why they...

As others have said, the peak-rate and off-peak has price different. In general, 20-25% price different in my area in Norcal. You're solar produce most of the power during off-peak. Therefore you need to produce 20-25% in off-peak to offset the peak-rate usage. I would recommend at least getting...

You're doing the right thing. The highest priority in Tesla is time to market, they don't mind fixing a release product later after the sale. Therefore, they would design something which can do over the air update. But being their initial customer on a brand new product, the customer will pay a...

As far as I know, only solaredge offers per panel production monitoring, Delta doesn't have that. For the optimizer cost, it's very interesting with Tesla. They won't charge you more for having optimizer. I assume they just eat the extra hardware cost. If your panel has no shading at all...

Looks like the price is exactly the same. Size of a system in W / 340 (per panel) = number of panels Each panel is $683.33 That's exactly same as before. Don't put the federal tax credit in the calculation. Do that after.

Hi Georgeloak, I'm 100% sure, you don't have a powerblaster in your panel. I have the exact panel, the left compartment is for meter, and utility supply line. You can't install powerblaster on the left side. On the right side, you have 100A, 60A, and 40A. Looks like 60A, and 40A is your solar...

Looks like you're not very familiar with solar. The location of the inverter is mainly base on where your main panel is. It doesn't matter whether your inverter has 8 hours of sunlight or 0 hours. It won't affect anything. The important part of sharing is where your solar panels are located...

I don't think you can buy this online. It looks like a special version for Tesla. Because Neurio get sold to Generac, and my guess is Generac don't want to create a device for Tesla. end of life then. Even you can get hold of one, it's a very difficult job in some case, If you have 4 wires...

I had the same problem. I got PTO last Friday, and only getting solar production graph. Call this morning, told them the power blaster S/N number, and the 16 digitals MAC number. The reps was able to update my account with the power blaster information which I provided. Within 10 mins, my apps...

Also, for those of you considering PV and if your roof won't last more than 20-25 years or more. You should take care your roof first, because the cost of taking the panel out, and reinstalling can take couple thousands. Also Tesla might not warranty the installation if it took out by a someone...

My experience has been great. Like @BrettS have said, Tesla want reduce the overhead cost, and translate to lower cost to customer. $1.49/W. Each of their advisor handles 500+ active customers. So they won't actively call and walk you through everything. They relay on their website to...

Reading the purchase agreement, the warranty information is not very clear to me. Can some of you confirms it ? Looks to me, the warranty is 20 years. But solar panel has 12 years product warranty, and 25 years performance warranty. (That is from the QCell) Inverter has 12 years warranty, and...

Looks like there're some people has SolarEdge with powerwall plus optimizer installed as well. From others reply, their system size are quite big. If they're using Delta string inverter, the number of string could be a limitation for it to go using SolarEdge. Again, I'm not sure. For those who...

From what I seem. If you're getting powerwall with solar, Tesla will use Delta inverter. If you're getting solar ONLY, they will pair that with SolarEdge HD plus optimizer. They're a standard setup from Tesla. SolarEdge HD + optimizer will reduce production loss in shade, and allow different...

The only reason why I'm thinking using delta is because solarEdge has some very bad review. Mostly in 2018, 2019. Some owner have to replace the inverter less than 2 years. Although, Tesla will replace it, but sometime took more than a month for get it fix. Basically, I'm looking for something...

Hi, A typical solar system from Tesla looks like this. - Panels: Hanwha Q.Cell Q.PEAK DUO-G6+/SC 340 - Inverter: SolarEdge HD - Optimizer: SolarEdge P400 I was wondering whether Tesla given any choice of using a different inverter ? Like Delta or some other brand. Anyone know this ?

Solar Edge inverter has 12 years warranty. It can be extended to 20-25 years with around $200.00 from Solar Edge. From the purchase agreement, Tesla stated that "System repairs" refers to actions needed to fix your System if it is malfunctioning. System repairs ARE provided by the installer. If...

Hay2000, Just want to share one more thing with you. Solaredge inverter has 12 years warranty. It can be extended to 20-25 years with $200.00 from solar edge. From the purchase agreement, Tesla stated that "System repairs" refers to actions needed to fix your System if it is malfunctioning...

Hi Hay2000, Thanks for sharing your experience. Actually, I don't think, it's related to your connection problem. It could related to the serve setup in Tesla side. The production value doesn't get send out every second/min. It's batched into a table, with time, and kW. Then server gets that...

Forgot to tell you, My friend told me, SolarCity/Tesla will help you to paint the metal conduit if you have the house paint on hand. Not sure it's still the case now. Also I think you should try to figure plan how you would like to run the conduit from your solar panel to meter to reduce the...

Hi Hay2000, Thanks for sharing the information. I'm in Bay area as well, in Cupertino. I just signup the Tesla for a 4.08kW system last week. Just like to you I added two more panels get to 4.760kW. Within just 2 days, they send me back a drawing to approve it. But the panels wasn't in the...

Because white is free. My guess that, you will see a lot of them on the road. Being red is a little bit more unique. Since both color looks good, I will pick red. For the people who are interested red. I found out couple thing. 1. Red car doesn't cost more for insurance. 2. Red is bit easy to...

When did you guy placed the order. It's very important what day and time that you placed the order.

Hi, I'm so split on picking the color of the model 3. I'm stuck in between two colors. RED vs WHITE. They both looks good to me. RED cost $2000 more, but it's free upgrade now. I want to get an idea from the forum how people will pick if RED is free.

It depends on where you're in the country. If you're in bay area (close to Fremont factory), it's very likely you can get one on time. But you're in other state, I don't think it has enough time. Anyway, not much to lose if it doesn't make it on 10/1.

I would say, around 2 weeks

After 10/1, you will get nothing. But I'm sure, they want to sell as many car as possible before the eoq

Hey, Just want to share my crazy experience today. I suppose taking delivery tomorrow. I tried to talked to the delivery specialist about get this offer on my delivery. It's really not possible. Tesla allows discounts and offers 2 years of free Supercharging for end-of-the-quarter push -...