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Hi Folks, Including a photo of my electrical setup below. Tesla is going to install solar and 2 PWs on the 200A subpanel. However, I can't seem to get them to monitor non-protected loads going to my ADU that I would like to draw power from my Powerwalls during normal operation when connected to...

I had one more follow-up question in case anyone knows. Does the protected load 200A subpanel I am setting up need to have a disconnect/main breaker or will the main breaker on the 200A secondary spot on the main panel suffice? I've reached out to Tesla but haven't heard back.

For those following this thread, PG&E approved the panel as long as I add a manual bypass. My plans went in for permitting in 2021 and so, we should be good under the NEC rules too. @Vines How do I get a Philz to you? :)

@Vines Really appreciate the heads-up about the panel. Given that I got the panel from a Home Depot this month in CA, I thought I would be covered but evidently not. Can I buy you a coffee to save you the unexpected pain you saved me? :) Regarding permits, my city permit is from last year as a...

We are in Northern California and, after an 18-month timeline, PG&E is finally scheduled to change our transformer soon. This will allow us to upgrade our main panel from 200A to 400A (320CL). Thankfully no retrenching was needed and yes, load calculations showed that 200A wouldn't have been...

The PG&E costs sound about right but this is a bigger price difference than I saw. Most contractors were happy to take my money but they all recommended that I actually use PG&E because the crews to do all the work show up together and there is less disruption if you are in the house. They...

FWIW, I am in the same boat as the OP. PG&E pushed out the nearest transformer upgrade from December to late Q1 next year and so, I now have a timing issue. I have a 200A panel/service that I am upgrading to 400A. Telsa permits have been approved by the city but I don't have an installation...

Yes, I do believe that if they need to reduce fire risk in areas that have transmission lines servicing our neighborhood, outages can happen.

This is a good way to look at it. While money is money, I don't want to be regretting a decision later because I tried to save a few dollars. Given what you (and others) have mentioned about weather and outage uncertainty and the hassle of retrofitting battery backup later, I am leaning more...

Thank you. Great to be here. Long-time lurker, first-time poster! This does make sense and there is some future-proofing that I could do with the Powerwalls right now and who knows what the upgrade hassle will be later! Appreciate the feedback

I am in the Bay Area (PG&E) and have an order for a 9.6 kW solar + 2 PW in-progress. However, I recently discovered that I am in PG&E's special outage block #50. This means that I am "generally exempt from rotating outages" because "essential services such as hospitals and police and fire...