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    Zip ties

    I finally got a day off and had some time to check it out. There were more cut zip ties right behind the combiner boxes and none elsewhere. It appears an installer forgot about a neat little pile they made and the rain washed them down. I didn’t find any anywhere else. Just want to add: I...
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    Zip ties

    No one else has been on the roof at all. I don’t even have gutters. I found a few zip ties on my driveway, too indicating to me that they were intact new and not some that were already in the grass. I also found some hard black plastic pieces that seem to be part of the mounts and two of the...
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    Zip ties

    We just had our first rain done our solar panels were installed. I found a bunch of these had run off my roof into the yard after the rain. Are zip ties standard for Tesla installs? I’m a little worried about these lasting on the heat of my roof. Many 100+ degree days here in the summer...
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    TesSense - Control your Tesla charging from your Sense Energy Monitor

    I’m new to this and also do not have net metering. I do not want to send electricity back unnecessarily . I’m looking at enphase w/ batteries vs Tesla panels w/ powerwalls. I have two teslas, and we just have the mobile connectors. Could this be an option for me or does it require the wall...
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    Can drone tell if panels/tiles are working?

    It can be done, but thermal cameras have a hard time with reflective surfaces. You’d need a very sensitive camera with just the right settings at just the right angle and the ability to view and adjust remotely. Reliable readings would likely require some expensive equipment in the hands of...
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    Does anyone finance their panels?

    that does not sound reassuring. Please do post how they respond
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    Tesla solar panels - removal for new roof?

    Thanks. I guess they took it out of the contracts??? Good for you, though
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    Tesla solar panels - removal for new roof?

    Anyone else having any experience at all with panel removal/reinstall? I’d always heard much lower numbers thrown around ($500-1500 is in my head for some reason.) That kind of money could be a real deal breaker
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    Optimizers... what are they good for?

    I’m a bit suspicious of Tesla low balling production estimates/guarantees. This combined with the reports of difficulty with customer service makes panel level monitoring attractive to me, which in turn makes optimizers attractive. I don’t even have shade on my roof. Edited: okay, I just saw...
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    Does anyone finance their panels?

    . Thanks
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    Does anyone finance their panels?

    Wait a second; is your payment $182.49 for 10 years? $182.49 x 10yrs= $21,898. Thats not enough to cover total of $28,716.74 listed in your other post. What am I missing here?
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    Does anyone finance their panels?

    So, I think that would make your APY about 4.215%???
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    Considering powerwall

    Outstanding, thank you
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    Considering powerwall

    Thank you and sorry if beating a dead horse
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    Does anyone finance their panels?

    Anyone else notice the monthly payments quoted on the website design tool don’t come out to 4.99%? When I plug the cash amount into on online loan calculator With 4.99%, I consistently get payments that are lower than Tesla’s. Tesla’s seem to be about 5.5%. Am I missing an origination fee...
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    Considering powerwall

    I’m looking for personal experience, professional insights, evidence... something more tangible. There seems to be a lot of hypothesizing, but no one seems to know for sure one way or the other what would happen. Tesla reps have assured me that there would not be a shut down, let alone one...
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    Considering powerwall

    There’s been a debate concerning this. Some saying there would be a frequency shift and others saying it will shut the PV and PW(s) down completely. Do you have any experience/insight? There been two threads about it. could you comment? What is your Powerwall 2 charging rate?
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    What is your Powerwall 2 charging rate?

    Sorry, to be more specific, my uncertainty is what happens if when you are in an outage and the panels produce more than what the powerwall(s)are rated to charge at combined with what you are using. If you are off grid and have 1 powerwall at 0%, what if your PV system is producing 9kW and the...
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    What is your Powerwall 2 charging rate?

    Were you off grid when you took this screen shot? I’ve been trying to figure out what will happen if your solar system puts out more than your powerwalls can take if you have an outage or off grid. There is a debate about if a complete system would shut down if the solar array produces more...
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    Just Ordered 16.32kW w/2 Powerwalls

    Did anyone ever figure anything out on this? I was lurking for awhile hoping Brett’s experiment would work. Last year, the rep I was working with swore that an 18.9kW system would pair nicely with two power walls. I didn’t end up purchasing, though. Right now, if I go to the solar roof...
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    Should I care about payback period?

    how has your production been compared to their estimate? I’m in Texas with an east facing roof at 23 degrees slope with no shade and pvwatts estimates production much higher than what Tesla estimates. My electricity is through a co-op at a flat 9¢ (No TOU) with net billing (not net metering)...