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Sorry, but no... He doesn't work with the company anymore.

My wife received a message that something was wrong with the restraint system in her M3. The car asked her to schedule a service appointment and she did. This alone would have been enough to thrill me because my wife tends to throw feminism out the window and becomes very traditional about...

The info from the inverters should automatically be sent to your SolarEdge account. First, get the serial number for your inverter and ask SolarEdge to confirm they were entered on your account correctly. Otherwise, it's probably a network issue. This can happen when the networking in the...

Has anyone else noticed higher vampire drain on 16.2? The wifey's M3 and my MS both appear to be losing range much more quickly while parked. Sentry mode is off.

@JFChenger Don't believe this vendor. The credit comes off the purchase price and tnd state doesn't mail you anything. As long as you use a licensed installer, your purchase price should be the amount of the system less any SRECs. The SRECs are well defined and easily calculated once you know...

Agreed. ComEd issued my PTO the same day that Tesla submitted my certificate of completion. Tesla didn't believe it and gave me the run-around. The interconnect team eventually told me to ignore them and turn it on. They told me Tesla was just so used to resistance from electric companies that...

Just so it's clear, the SRECs are based off your estimated annual solar production, which is affected by both system size and panel placement. Once you have the final paperwork, it's guaranteed because they already have run your actual system design through PVWatts and know what the average...

Expect them to make the powerwalls into a separate project. They're still ironing out the planning for this with ComEd at the moment... What paperwork needs to be filled out, inspections that need to be done, etc. ComEd is surprisingly efficient with moving solar installations along and it looks...

Don't take this post too seriously... I don't actually need them. In fact, if I didn't have 2 saltwater tanks with lots of corals, I wouldn't even bother with them because outages are rare where I live and usually last less than an hour. Plus, net metering ensures I'd never be able to justify...

Pm sent. One thing I forgot to mention... If you don't already have it, get the ComEd app for your phone and set it to send high price alerts. I have mine set to notify me if the price will go over 15¢ so I can make sure the AC isn't blasting and that the wifey isn't charging.

Trigger warning: If you're in CA, you may want to skip this post. Seing electricity prices in IL will hurt. I've been on hourly billing for years because I had a PHEV before getting my Tesla. When I got solar, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that net metering worked with hourly billing...

... in September. I couldn't help myself. I laughed at the poor man.

I couldn't run it when I purchased because the site said solar wasn't available in IL at the time (February 2018). I had quotes from several other vendors (which I didn't disclose) and Tesla was the lowest, but only by an insignificant margin.

They just started doing installations late last year and I was one of the first. IL doesn't have a state wide certification for electricians, so they were busy getting their ME certified in multiple jurisdictions so they could submit permits. Last time I spoke to one of the local guys (about a...

Whoever you get your panels from will eventually need your account number and all of your information. At the minimum, they have to submit interconnection applications and obtain permits on your behalf. In many states they'll sign you up for net metering and register you with various green...

I don't have my powerwalls yet so maybe this doesn't apply to you, but I had the same issue in the app right after my panels were installed. The network in one of my inverters wasn't configured properly. As soon as we enabled zigbee, everything displayed correctly in the Tesla app and all of the...

Sentry mode is a security feature that's built on top of the safety features that already exist in our cars. It should be relatively easy to add this as an an end-user security feature if all of the safety features are already in place.

While I would love to have sentry mode, I think we're all missing the point. This is a safety issue and we need to be asking why our cars can't do sentry mode. Think of it this way: If our cars can't reliably detect a pedestrian walking up to it or around it, why should we believe it can...

My wife has an M3 and when we're parked next to each other, her car is always hotter than my MS by 5 to 10 degrees F. Our glass has better heat rejection. It's much more likely that it currently only works with AP 2.5/MCU2 and they're trying to figure out what to do about all of the cars that...

The car automatically shuts all of that stuff off after a while... It's perfectly normal. Same thing happens if you're just sitting in the car too long while it's parked. I once read somewhere that tripping the seat sensors resets the timer so I usually unbuckle and make sure I shift positions...

I had similar problems. While the app continues to have minor rounding issues, my view in the app was completely messed up. It frequently told me I was using 0 kW or that my home was using half (or double) what I was pulling from the grid or generating from solar. It was a mess. The app tries...

For those who don't actually have an electric car yet, this is the most realistic use case at 240 volts. No matter how long you're plugged in, you'll probably only be charging for an hour or two daily. Unless you drive hundreds of miles to get to work, your battery won't be empty. Bear in...

It sounds pretty normal to me. Just like an ICE car with a cold block, you'll get atrocious economy when your battery is cold. On top of that, the cabin heater is one of the few parts of the car I'd consider truly inefficient. So jumping up into the mid 300s isn't a surprise at all. The only...

You can also use the music icon. Tap once to open, tap again to close. Drag when you want to change the size & content (or show off to passengers)

It's based on your charge level, not time. I'm pretty sure it's 20%

That's very odd... My wife and I share my account and don't have that problem. We're using the Android app and both of us are frequently in it at the same time. Just yesterday, we were at a restaurant and I opened the app to turn on the AC. Seeing me in the app made her wonder how many miles she...

TBH... My nav has been too up to date for the last few weeks and I haven't noticed a difference in 26. For me, it's showing traffic jams at stop lights. I can watch the red go away for cross traffic when I'm the one who's stopped.

Depending on the road, that's pretty normal. It looks as if auto pilot can't find any lane markings. Since they were working on your bumper, you may still be in calibration mode. Unless you've already driven more than 150 km, I wouldn't worry about yet. With that said, if it should recognize...

Well stated. Thanks! Local codes vary but in most places a sub panel counts as the "nearby" disconnect if you're using a 60 amp circuit or less. Anything more than that and you have to install a disconnect like the one pictured above. Also, the above configuration allows the OP to draw an...

My apologies... I misunderstood what you were referring to. I agree you should contact Tesla about this.

Is this what you're seeing? If so, you'll need to get the 2018.26 update

Wonderful job! Your work looks amazing. Would you mind posting your rationale for going so big? I only mention it because newbies might be scared off by the cost of trying to replicate what you've done. It's a wet dream for enthusiasts but for the masses..? It's overkill. Most will have 48 amp...

Rebooting was only a temporary fix for me. The problem came back whenever the maps auto- zoomed in or out... Like when you transition between highways and surface roads. If the problem comes back for you, pinch to zoom or toggle satellite view on and off... Both made the maps refresh for me and...

Yes, it's fixed in 2018.26 Contact the SC and they'll push it to you early.

My notes are fine. They're the same as 2018.24 so you're not really missing anything, but at least they display properly for me. You should contact the SC. The updates don't automatically fail anymore when certain items can't be unpacked. They'll probably want to reapply the update just to be...

Before they pushed the update, I found toggling satellite view on and off made it start working again. If you're having the same issue as I was having, they'll be able to see it in your logs and push 2018.16 to you early. Edit: That was supposed to be 2018.26... Sorry!

Contact your local SC. They pushed 2018.16 to me yesterday and so far, I haven't had any problems.

I think the OP is missing one key point: It's just a standard auto loan. Contact your advisor and tell them how much you plan to put down. They'll shop you around and try to get you a loan for the remaining amount. If they can't, they'll let you know the maximum amount you can borrow from the...

Something similar happened to me as well. I only noticed because my turn signals and adaptive headlights weren't working either. I pulled over and rebooted immediately. Everything was fine after that. I probably should have taken her in for service, but it's never happened again.

To anyone in IL who's waiting for solar panels: Today I received firm confirmation from both my local team and the team in Vegas, that Tesla has its IL DG installer license in hand. They're moving forward with interconnect on all of our systems immediately. Permits, however, are another issue...

Good video... I've never heard Scarlett make that noise. I'll try to post a video of what the SUPER loud A/C sounds like for me the next time it happens, but it's more of a constant whirring hum that decreases as the fan slows down. Also, my speed has no effect on it.

Nope. They got their DG license a while ago... 2015 I think... But they didn't start taking orders until earlier this year. The formal announcement came on April 12th. The guy who did my site survey told me that Tesla had relocated experienced teams from out of state and he had only been here a...

Agreed. But as long as they're using raster images, my theory is sound. Not really. The images are still the same dimensions and resolution so each square would be the exact same size uncompressed. Whatever compression algorithm they're using (JPEG, TIFF, PNG, etc) would make a difference, of...

I signed my contact in March but they can't apply for permits or interconnect yet. The wait is killing me. At this rate, they might end up having my powerwalls installed before my panels! Maybe we can start a support group?

I turned overheat protection back on. The cabin cools down and the A/C stops sounding like a jumbo jet pretty quickly. Venting the top also helps if you have the sunroof. One more thing: Consider tinting your windows. The glass roof rejects heat very well and the side/rear glass isn't too bad...

It's not as simple as 8-bit grayscale vs 24-bit color because there are compression algorithms to consider. I'd also guess they're using 12-bit grayscale and 16-bit color palettes. Regardless, my guess is yes... They did it to save bandwidth. In fact, they've likely reduced the bandwidth...

Another thing to consider is that most of the 3rd party options max out at 32 amps. The HPWC can go much higher if you have juice. With that said, I loved my ChargePoint. It worked well and I could share it with all EV owners. If I needed to, I could shut it off remotely. As a bonus, it sent...

Processing 24-bit images isn't the issue. Grayscale is much smaller than color so it's probably about bandwidth. While it may not seem like much, it makes a huge difference when you have two hundred thousand cars constantly downloading stuff over 4G.