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My powerwalls/gateway, has updated and downgraded as needed by tesla without service interruption or end user input.

We have a generator and used that during the power outages and PSPS. But that got old after 5-6 a year with some being a few minutes to others being 12+ hours. And trying to be a good neighbor, we didn't run it at night.

Before getting batteries, that is exactly what happened to me. I was made aware of that so I wasn't surprised when it did happen.

I assumed that it would update on its own. I have 2 PW which covers my peak starting load. I'll leave it as is and see if it eventually gets it. But as of now, it does what I want it to do.

I'm still on 20.40.3. My system was installed via 3rd party mid March 2021.

Thanks for the reply. I suppose I just need to be patient while it learns.

Is your EV charging from the grid on Balanced? I'm currently on Cost Saving because after a week on Balanced, my wife's car keeps draining the PW when it charges during off-peak.

It looks like they posted the May update on the Software Updates Page: Software Updates | Tesla Support We'll see how long it takes for them to really start pushing it out. I'm still on 20.40.3.

If you have a solaredge inverter you can look into getting info from the API.

Before I got my powerwalls is used a home energy monitor. There's a bunch of them out there but I used "Sense Home Energy Monitor (Home Sense - Sense.com )". In the app I had an alert setup of a zero productivity day. Last year in March it caught my inverter dying and I was able to get it...

We have a "Partial Home Backup". 7.2kW solar system w/ 2 Powerwalls. It's basically a Whole Home Backup minus the pool pump and EVSE. Appliances are all natural gas and the HVAC only draws ~3kW so everything was able to be backed up.