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I ended up calling my building department myself. they came out and did the inspection the next day. all you need is the permit number that should be hanging outside or in the permit box

Yes, you connect the little black box to you router. https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/en_US/20180928_Solar-Panels-with-Powerwall-System-Manual.pdf

I just had one installed a couple of weeks ago direct from Tesla

My numbers where pretty close. the original estimate was 27,245kwh the 1st year I produced 28,819kwh. I have a 19.875KW system facing south and east

I have Solar and 4 PowerWalls and I have 2 SolarEdge inverters With HD plus optimizers.

you should be able to see the whole house power draw when the grid is up including the AC's that are not backed up and any other circuits that are not backed up. If the Grid is up, your AC's and any other non backed up circuits can draw from the powerwalls, but if the grid is down the...

If I am not mistaken that NEO box is what lets the system communicate back to TESLA. Your gateway should have its own WIFI antenna to connect to your network. You can run an ethernet cable from the gateway to your wired network. My system has both WIFI and ethernet plus cellular connectivity.

I had to pay for my additional Powerwall today. I added a credit card that gives me rebates to my funding options in PayPal, and I was able to use that as the funding source when I made the PayPal payment No Issue.

Tesla team showed up today about 0930. Wrapped up the install about 1200. Pretty straight forward upgrade, and done. IMG_3027 by chrisbailey13 posted Oct 8, 2020 at 12:21 PM IMG_3025 by chrisbailey13 posted Oct 8, 2020 at 12:21 PM There was a bit of confusion because the team was told they...

Got a call from Tesla Friday....We are Ready to Schedule your installation of your new Powerwall. I had forgotten that I even reserved the PowerWall. So, I am set up for Thursday for a 4th powerwall install on my system. Wew Hew!!!!!

20190908_122223 by chrisbailey13 posted Oct 21, 2019 at 5:00 PM My install only has one conduit run that connects the two arrays together. other than that, it is all in the attic to the garage.

In addition to a whole house surge protector I have Lightning Rods on my roof peeks. My house sits in the middle of 9 acres of open space. I have seen scorch marks on one of the rods, I assume it got struck, but no damage to electronics and the surge protector was unaffected. BTW, I bought...

I had the same situation occur with Tampa Electric when I had my system installed. The adding of a $1 million liability limit to my policy cost me $28.00 a year through State Farm. Much to do about nothing

So, in my install the breaker to the Gateway takes up 4 slots. Looking at your picture it looks like if you are only moving the 100a breaker you wouldn't have enough slots to support the breaker needed for the gateway. Assuming of course you would also need 4 slots available.

They went into my attic to run some conduit from the solar array to the inverters, to connect the Powerwalls to the other panels, and to run a CAT6 to my switch on the other side of the house.

I have a 19.8...Kw PV with 3 powerwalls. I just watched my PV scale down output when the PWs got close to 100% and as soon as they went into standby it ramped back up. As I watched the PV output, it went from 13Kw all the way down to 3 with partial going to the house, PW's and grid at the same...

I had a 19.845Kw system installed just west of Orlando this past winter. the team was great, have not had any major issues with the install. I also 2 SolarEdge inverters with the power optimizers. I will admit, you have to stay on Tesla and your Utility to make sure all the interconect...

Layout Solar Layout by chrisbailey13 posted Jun 25, 2020 at 10:56 AM Installed 20190908_122223 by chrisbailey13 posted Oct 21, 2019 at 5:00 PM

I have 6 UPC's throughout my house on computer/network & security equipment. When we would have outages, my UPCs would run even though the rest of the house would e running on powerwalls. I called TESLA, gave them the model numbers of the UPC's and they adjusted the frequency the PW's so the...

IMG_2243 by chrisbailey13 posted Jun 9, 2020 at 8:47 AM The picture above shows the pipe exiting the bottom gateway through the wall and entering the top of the generation panel through the wall...between those two is the disconnect pictured belowSolar Disconnect by chrisbailey13 posted Nov 13...

My Disconnect is between the gateway and the generation panel.

20190908_122307 by chrisbailey13 posted Oct 21, 2019 at 5:00 PM I put mine inside...my outside wall faces the street and North...I didn't want to have to be cleaning mildew off the powerwalls like I do the cable access over. Like you, I have cenderblock walls, t exposed conduit was necessary...

Does anyone offer Solar in your area?

I am not sure about the charging...I thought if you didn't have solar, you could charge PowerWalls from the grid. If the PowerWalls are set to Backup, there is no adjustment to the reserve %. That adjustment only exist in self powered mode.

I've seen them sell for $5k a piece on here previously. Let me know if you decide to sell one of the PW's. I would be interested and could pick it up. I am curious if anyone can elaborate on who they got to install a referral powerwall they purchased from someone else

In your case you are right....I was speaking to the OP's question.

I think you guys are thinking about this WAY too hard. If @jimmyz80 does not what a WHOLE HOUSE backup, Tesla can design the system to only backup the circuits he wants. The other circuits will still take advantage of the Solar/Powerwall when the grid is up and he will still be able to offset...

Its about 1/2 that in FL. when it is hot, it is hot. In Central FL we only get about 2-5 weeks of "cool" weather where the AC isn't coming on. and on some of those days it can be in the 40's at night and in the 80's during the day.

When they set up the load panel, they can exclude the equipment you don't want to be backed up, but when the grid is up, that equipment will take advantage of the Solar/powerwall configuration. That is the simplest configuration.

It was a power Company issue. power was out 3.5 hrs. But the Powerwalls maintained 100% and kept the house going. Wasn't sure this would happen, but looks like the solar kept the powerwalls charged.

I was in Storm Watch mode yesterday as well....But the skies were clear and winds were calm....the storm never came.

BrettS, I am in a similar situation as you as far as usage. last year I was pulling on average 100KwH per day from the grid. since installing my Solar and 3 powerwalls I have pulled no more than 30 per day. last months bill was $17.00. I am running in self powered mode. on a sunny day...

I had a similar quote for an additional powerwall installation Pricing Details 1 Powerwall $6,500 Installation Fees $1,500 Permitting Fees $500 Initial Payment -$99 Total Amount Due $8,401

Here the inspector only interacts with the contractor if there is an issue. The last inspection I had when we did the solar/3 powerwall installation the inspection took <10 min. and the only reason I had to be available was to let him in the garage where the electrical panels are installed.

Was this for a new installation or an addition? keep in mind I am adding a powerwall to an existing Powerwall array.

That isn't the case in my county. The permits are filed online. and the inspector comes out a different day from the installation.

Talked to TESLA today...they said the install fees are pretty standard. I also asked about the permit fees. In my county electrical permits are $85.00 so why are they charging me $500.00? He said he would look into it and get back with me....:rolleyes:

So I have a Solar/Powerwall solution installed in the house. I currently have 3 powerwalls and am considering an additional Powerwall to get a few more hours of self powering. So, I hit up TESLA about adding a 4th powerwall stacking it to one of the other units already installed. They...

I had the same experience as Jay. I spent quite a bit of time babysitting the relationship between Tesla and TECO, County inspector, etc. My PTO ended up getting delayed because they changed a label on one of the forms, and no one at TECO bothered to tell Tesla until I called asking WTF.....

OK...I stand corrected, There used to be an "Energy" link in the top navigation, now it list solar panels and solar roof, and not Powerwalls. I did see however, if you look for the dropdown menu you can find the energy link. Wonder why it has been made more difficult to find? Additionally...

I found it by typing in the /powerwall, but it is no where to be found through regular navigation from tesla.com.

Noticed today...Powerwalls have been removed from the website completely today

20190908_122307 by chrisbailey13 posted Oct 21, 2019 at 5:00 PM 20191021_165109 by chrisbailey13 posted Oct 21, 2019 at 5:00 PM I mounted mine on the floor so I could double stack them and facilitate future expansion. I put all my boxes with the exception of a Disconnect inside because the...

That doesn't do you much good...once the batteries are drained they won't recharge.

So, I have 3 power walls set up in self power mode. this time of year they charge (on a sunny day) from about 0800-1230. They power the house from 1630-0330 (about 3.6 hours per powerwall). which means I am on the grid from 0330-0800 roughly, that still leaves charging back to the grid form...

I had storm watch activated once a few weeks ago for most of the day. Stormwatch Active I am still not sure why, there was no bad weather in the area(other than it was cold). I was watching yesterday also, and didn't see it activate even though there were NWS warnings in the area.

Iguana's were falling from trees because of the cold. but once the temps reach 40+ they would wake up and run back up into the trees Frozen iguanas falling from trees in South Florida

Nope. Stormwatch communicates with the NWS to know when severe weather is on the horizon and automatically triggers Storm Watch. This mode pushes the limits and charges Powerwall to maximum capacity so it can provide backup power. Maybe the cold was the trigger.

Then around 1900 the system started pulling from the batteries and Stormwatch was deactivated. Strange.

So, I check my Tesla app this afternoon to see how the house was doing with the colder temps in central FL. To my surprise, Stormwatch was active on my system although the skies were sunny with mild clouds. I was surprised because I hadn't heard anything about any coming storms. I checked...