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  1. Frankman60

    Model S Trailer Hitch Installation

    Does anyone have the Torklift Tesla “undercover” to plug the hole when the receiver tailpiece is removed? If so would you share your thoughts on how well it stays in place with the magnet, whether it covers the entire cut out, whether it rattles, and how hard it is to remove it when needed...
  2. Frankman60

    Model S Trailer Hitch Installation

    I am posting this information for future purchasers of the Torklift hitch. The company told me that only the 2 inch receiver version of the product was updated where the receiver tailpiece is now stainless steel. The 1.25 inch version still has the steel receiver tailpiece. Also, the...
  3. Frankman60

    Model S Trailer Hitch Installation

    Torklift support told me that the hitch should come with a Grade 5 bolt that is rated for 19,000 lbs which is what I received in the box. He told me that I could replace it with a Grade 8 bolt if I felt more comfortable with that. I found one at Lowes for $4.25. Home Depot didn’t have that...
  4. Frankman60

    Model S Trailer Hitch Installation

    Are you saying that the bolt is the wrong thread because it is SAE and not metric? I’m wondering if the hitch came with the wrong bolt. The socket that fits the bolt is 15/16. I checked the parts list in the installation manual and it says part number 12819 is a 5/8” -11x4” Grade 5 hex bolt.
  5. Frankman60

    Model S Trailer Hitch Installation

    Thanks for the information. The bolt is not yellow, and I attached a photo of the head of the bolt. I see three lines with the letters JH. I also attached a photo of the bottom of the receiver tailpiece that shows the scrapes from the one incident in the parking lot. BTW, I contacted...
  6. Frankman60

    Model S Trailer Hitch Installation

    I got the Torklift hitch installed and it works great with my Thule bike rack. But, only a few days after driving around I scraped the receiver tailpiece on the ground going into a parking lot (without the bike rack on). I had planned to leave the receiver tailpiece on all the time but after...
  7. Frankman60

    Model S Trailer Hitch Installation

    Thanks @jjvan. Apparently just the removable receiver piece is stainless steel. I was thinking that perhaps the entire bar that attaches to the Tesla was also stainless steel. But the stainless steel version does up the tongue and tow weight limits but I’m not sure how this is accomplished.
  8. Frankman60

    Model S Trailer Hitch Installation

    This thread has been very educational regarding a hitch that I have been wanting for quite some time on my 2016 Model S. But reading through this thread there were several different Torklift hitch part numbers referenced. Presently on the Torklift website there are only two part numbers for...
  9. Frankman60

    Left headlight always on after update

    It’s still a problem that Tesla just can’t fix. After the current software update my left headlight stays on and the left turn signal has no blinking sound and it flashes rapidly. This is the first time this has happened after owning my car since 2016.
  10. Frankman60

    Grid outage, Powerwall drops loads for minutes

    I want to throw out one more factor that might have contributed to the problem. One of the Tier 1 tech support reps I spoke with said that the Gateway firmware was updated the day I experienced the problem and she speculated that maybe that the firmware was in the update process at the time of...
  11. Frankman60

    Grid outage, Powerwall drops loads for minutes

    Same Gen 1 gateway and also the same Firmware. In my case before I decided what to do to get the PWs working, the grid power was restored 9 minutes later. I am glad to know that you were able to get the PWs to back up the house using the Go Off Grid function using the Tesla app. Would that have...
  12. Frankman60

    Grid outage, Powerwall drops loads for minutes

    I had the same experience as you, as I described earlier in this thread. After more than two months with an open support ticket Tesla Energy never responded to me what the problem was. I contacted support by phone at least 5 times during the two months and always got the same crap that Tier 2...
  13. Frankman60

    Grid outage, Powerwall drops loads for minutes

    Another three weeks have gone by and no call from Tesla Energy regarding the status of my case opened on 2/28/22. I decided to call today to find out the status and the CSR did not know. He told me that it looked like Tier 2 did not know why the Powerwalls did not back up my house during a...
  14. Frankman60

    Grid outage, Powerwall drops loads for minutes

    Just to let everyone know, Tier 2 support is really backlogged. It has been a 32 days since my support ticket was opened and forwarded to Tier 2, and it has not yet completed its evaluation. I have been calling every week to get the status and just got off the phone with a CSR that told me how...
  15. Frankman60

    Grid outage, Powerwall drops loads for minutes

    I followed you advice and called Tesla Energy a few days after talking with my second Tier 1 CSR. I spoke with the third Tier 1 CSR and he told me that Tier 2 already looked at the ticket and everything was fine because the PWs backed up the house during the grid outage. After asking him why...
  16. Frankman60

    Grid outage, Powerwall drops loads for minutes

    That is good to know. The first CSR I spoke with said 1 to 2 weeks, and the second CSR said that she could get a response from Tier 2 the same day. Of course neither estimate was accurate.
  17. Frankman60

    Grid outage, Powerwall drops loads for minutes

    My experience with the support so far has been dismal. I reported the problem of the Powerwalls not backing up my home during a nine minute grid outage and provided the CSR with documentation from my utility that showed the outage on my circuit, and a screenshot of the Powerwall backup history...
  18. Frankman60

    Grid outage, Powerwall drops loads for minutes

    Thanks for that advice. I called Tesla today and the Tier 1 support rep looked at the Powerwall logs and saw no evidence of the 9 minute grid outage that occurred. I forwarded a screenshot from my electric utility app showing the grid outage on that day. A support ticket was created and it is...
  19. Frankman60

    Grid outage, Powerwall drops loads for minutes

    We had a 9 minute grid outage last week and the two PWs stayed in Standby mode as the house went dark. The outage was in the middle of the day so solar was producing about 4 kWs which was supplying power to the home with the remainder exported to the grid. PWs were at 100 percent because 100...
  20. Frankman60

    Tesla App Utility plan configuration: Multiple Peaks, Buy/Sell Behavior, etc

    What is the Powerwall percentage you have reserved for backup?
  21. Frankman60

    Tesla App Utility plan configuration: Multiple Peaks, Buy/Sell Behavior, etc

    Wow, you really have tried a lot of “tricks” to get the Powerwalls to do what you want. I think I have tamed my Powerwalls by entering zero values for buy and sell during Off Peak and Mid Peak, and only entering the actual values for Peak. In my case, this makes the Powerwalls perform like it...
  22. Frankman60

    Tesla App Utility plan configuration: Multiple Peaks, Buy/Sell Behavior, etc

    When I said “import power from the grid”, I meant that the power be used to directly power the home, not charge the PW batteries.
  23. Frankman60

    Tesla App Utility plan configuration: Multiple Peaks, Buy/Sell Behavior, etc

    Edit: I found that if the buy price is $.01/kWh the system still favors discharging to provide power to the house combined with solar energy, rather than directing all solar energy into charging the PWs and importing the energy at $.01/kwh. The app allowed me to enter a buy price of $0/kWh...
  24. Frankman60

    Tesla App Utility plan configuration: Multiple Peaks, Buy/Sell Behavior, etc

    By setting the sell rate to zero it encourages the PWs to not export power to the grid for that period. Conversely, if the buy rate is set to the lowest value (e.g. $.01/kwh) does that encourage the PWs to import power from the grid to power the home during that period, rather than using stored...
  25. Frankman60

    Tesla App Utility plan configuration: Multiple Peaks, Buy/Sell Behavior, etc

    Thanks @JayClark. Changing the sell rates to $0/Kwh for all periods except Peak resulted in the PWs powering the house during Peak as I wanted. However, when Peak ended at 9PM the PWs were still partially powering the house. The screenshot below is 10 minutes after Peak ended. The PWs...
  26. Frankman60

    Tesla App Utility plan configuration: Multiple Peaks, Buy/Sell Behavior, etc

    Well TBC isn’t doing what I want today. It is 1 hour into the Peak period at 5 PM and the PWs are in Standby and all the electricity is coming from the grid at 42 cents per kWh. I want the PWs to provide power to the house when Peak begins. When Peak began at 4 PM the solar energy was powering...
  27. Frankman60

    Tesla App Utility plan configuration: Multiple Peaks, Buy/Sell Behavior, etc

    Unfortunately all of my devices have already auto updated to V4. I didn’t think version V3 and V4 could coexist for the same Powerwalls if both versions were being used on different tablets? Because V3 and V4 have a different Settings, which version would the Powerwalls follow? I guess if you...
  28. Frankman60

    Tesla App Utility plan configuration: Multiple Peaks, Buy/Sell Behavior, etc

    Thanks @JayClark and @aesculus. I thought I had figured out to get the PWs to behave the same way it did when the mode was Cost Savings. I created my own Custom rate plan with only two time periods; peak and off peak. Peak is defined as 4-9 pm every day, and everything else is off peak. I...
  29. Frankman60

    Tesla App Utility plan configuration: Multiple Peaks, Buy/Sell Behavior, etc

    Can someone help me return to the simple Powerwall settings called Cost Savings that I have been using since the Powerwalls were installed 4 years ago? Since the Tesla app introduced the use of Utility Rates and no longer has a Cost Savings mode, I have not been able to get the Powerwalls to...
  30. Frankman60

    NVX Amp Power Issue

    Thank you @Cheburashka, @smilepak, and @beatle for your comments and advice.
  31. Frankman60

    NVX Amp Power Issue

    I’m glad you were able to figure out the problem. My 2016 S is going in for a MCU2 upgrade in a few weeks and I also have been enjoying my NVX subwoofer for the past four years with MCU1. I am worried that something will happen during the MCU2 upgrade that will make the NVX sub stop working...
  32. Frankman60

    No Notifications on iPhone Tesla App

    Like others have mentioned, the sudden stop of all notifications was related to an “open” service appointment. The service was actually completed months ago but apparently it wasn’t closed in Tesla’s system. Once the service appointment was closed a few days ago, all of the mobile app...
  33. Frankman60

    Which is the best App to use for remotely accessing the Tesla?

    Thanks I didn’t know that. I just tried it and it worked. I usually just press the button on my Tesla wall charger and that opens the charge port.
  34. Frankman60

    Which is the best App to use for remotely accessing the Tesla?

    The IOS app that I referred to is actually called Remote for Tesla, and it can be used to show an Apple Watch complication with the amount of miles remaining on the battery. The complication looks similar to the one you posted in the photo.
  35. Frankman60

    Which is the best App to use for remotely accessing the Tesla?

    I am using the Tesla Remote app on my iPhone 11 with IOS 14, and my Apple Watch S4 with watch OS7 and everything works.
  36. Frankman60

    No Notifications on iPhone Tesla App

    Yes to #1. I have a fob for my Model S and sometimes I unlock the car and sit in the car for 20 seconds before the driver display wakes up. It is much slower than it used to be. #2, No. I have a 2016 Model S with AP1 so no Fall Out game. #3 No.
  37. Frankman60

    No Notifications on iPhone Tesla App

    A week ago I contacted Tesla about this problem but have not yet heard back. When I reported the problem they wanted to see screenshots of my Tesla app settings as well as the IOS notification settings. I know that those settings are correct because I did receive notifications up until about 3...
  38. Frankman60

    No Notifications on iPhone Tesla App

    I see that Tesla added a notification setting that is made inside the car with update 2020.32.3. This is the first notification setting I have seen that is outside of the Tesla mobile app. The setting allows notifications to be pushed when doors or windows are left open. I think when this FW...
  39. Frankman60

    Notifications Not working

    I deleted the Tesla app and reinstalled it, and notifications do not work. Notifications worked fine for four years and then just stopped. I upgraded to IOS 13.7 hoping it would help but no difference. I also have Tesla Powerwalls and wonder if the Power Outage notifications will work?
  40. Frankman60

    Notifications Not working

    I am no longer receiving Tesla app notifications on my iPhone 11 with IOS 13.6.1 and Tesla app version 3.10.8 and Tesla vehicle version 2020.32.3
  41. Frankman60

    No Notifications on iPhone Tesla App

    Notifications have worked properly since I purchased the car in 2016. However, for the past several weeks they no longer work on my iPhone 11 with IOS 13.6.1 and the current version of the Tesla IOS app 3.10.8. I no longer get notifications at all from the Tesla app. I checked to make sure...
  42. Frankman60

    EVTOU2 or SOLAR

    If you log into your SDG&E account there is a tool that will calculate your electricity bill using the different rate plans using historical usage data. So as long as you plan to continue your historical usage into the future, it should be accurate. I have solar and the tool calculated...
  43. Frankman60

    Model S Technical / Mechanical Issues

    This is an update on the actual problem with my 2016 S. After 3 years and 25K miles, the rear drive motor failed. It was replaced under warranty but the cost would have been $5600 if the vehicle was out of warranty. The other thing is that it had to be towed to the service center on a tow...
  44. Frankman60

    Model S Technical / Mechanical Issues

    Today my MS 2016 Refreshed displayed the same error messages you mentioned in your post. Prior to these messages, it displayed “car needs service, car may not restart” but I was able to drive the car home anyway. Then it displayed “car needs service, unable to start car”. Now my car is no...
  45. Frankman60

    Powerwalls Intervening without a grid outage?

    Thanks to all that replied to my post. It was helpful for me to know about what is lurking on the power lines and that Powerwall is defending my home from these things :)
  46. Frankman60

    Powerwalls Intervening without a grid outage?

    Thanks @ewoodrick and @NuShrike. I never thought of the Powerwalls as a voltage regulator. That’s a nice feature.
  47. Frankman60

    Powerwalls Intervening without a grid outage?

    Thanks @gpez, that makes sense to me. That would definitely explain why my neighbors didn’t notice anything. It also explains why a few UPS backup devices in my house beeped. It’s possible that they recognized an under voltage situation before the Powerwalls took over. I didn’t realize...
  48. Frankman60

    Powerwalls Intervening without a grid outage?

    Has anyone experienced their Powerwalls reporting a grid outage and taking over for 20 seconds or so for no apparent reason? This has happened five times from 5 to 6:30 PM today and is reported in the Tesla app Backup History. Each event was between 20 and 26 seconds long. I happened to have...
  49. Frankman60

    My proposed system can't power my AC

    I think you are right about that. I am searching for a variable speed condenser that will work with my existing heater/blower and coil because I don’t want to have to fully replace the entire HVAC system that isn’t that old.
  50. Frankman60

    My proposed system can't power my AC

    That’s great. As long as the two condensers do not start at the same time, the individual LRAs are within the Tesla spec that was posted earlier in this thread (under 28 power PW). Because you have 3 PWs, the maximum LRA should be 86. What brand and tonnage are your condensers? I need to...