based on what my project advisor and the electrician and panel installers said, but I have no solar that I know of, as I am still using exact same amount of electricity via the smart meter. I am with PG&E and am extremely familiar with my smart meter and I am the type that looks at it several times with different things operating so I know what the usage would be.
While the electrician was here he had me add the product to my Tesla app, and it shows "installation incomplete" as waiting for city to inspect and PGE to do the backup switch and permission to operate. He commented at one point how much charged the powerwall was, and I asked them if I would right then start using solar thus reducing my usage with PGE and the smart meter and I thought they said yes.
The powerwall has a cover on the ON switch not on the OFF switch, which I dont know if I understand that logic, but I suppose I can move the cover if I have to but it appears to be switched on.
The ONLY things added to my main panel is the two breakers for the powerwall or one breaker with 2 switches. There is no PV solar inverter switch that the video on the app talks about as to starting up the program. I think I have deduced based on research that the Powerwall 3 includes the inverter therefore there should not be a breaker on my main panel for it???
I have a call scheduled Monday with project advisor, and hopefully will get my answers, mainly why am I not producing solar to use. Is it because PGE has to install the switch or did the installer forget something?
On app in "settings" then "powerwall" it shows 16% backup and 84% Self-Powered, not sure what this means but I can ask. Under "operational mode" "self powered" is checked. Permission to operate has YES greyed out and NO is lit up. And says right there the powerwall will provide backup and produce solar for the home, but it isn't.
I just was hoping the solar would be working now, so that is what I am asking about, please.
(under advanced options if I tap yes to permission to operate BEFORE i have permission does the next screen allow me another step before that wrong answer becomes official?)
While the electrician was here he had me add the product to my Tesla app, and it shows "installation incomplete" as waiting for city to inspect and PGE to do the backup switch and permission to operate. He commented at one point how much charged the powerwall was, and I asked them if I would right then start using solar thus reducing my usage with PGE and the smart meter and I thought they said yes.
The powerwall has a cover on the ON switch not on the OFF switch, which I dont know if I understand that logic, but I suppose I can move the cover if I have to but it appears to be switched on.
The ONLY things added to my main panel is the two breakers for the powerwall or one breaker with 2 switches. There is no PV solar inverter switch that the video on the app talks about as to starting up the program. I think I have deduced based on research that the Powerwall 3 includes the inverter therefore there should not be a breaker on my main panel for it???
I have a call scheduled Monday with project advisor, and hopefully will get my answers, mainly why am I not producing solar to use. Is it because PGE has to install the switch or did the installer forget something?
On app in "settings" then "powerwall" it shows 16% backup and 84% Self-Powered, not sure what this means but I can ask. Under "operational mode" "self powered" is checked. Permission to operate has YES greyed out and NO is lit up. And says right there the powerwall will provide backup and produce solar for the home, but it isn't.
I just was hoping the solar would be working now, so that is what I am asking about, please.
(under advanced options if I tap yes to permission to operate BEFORE i have permission does the next screen allow me another step before that wrong answer becomes official?)