@Solar411 Thanks for your participation in this forum. I am in a little of a dilemma at moment as I have 2 quotes for solar and 1 powerwall, 1 from Tesla Energy/SolarCity and 1 from a local authorized installer. Tesla's quote is coming in a little cheaper than the local installer and the TE sales rep told me that Tesla will be getting the new stock of Powerwalls first before delivering them to authorized installer, is there any truth to that? Also, the local authorized is "promising" me a step 3 SGIP rebate where as Tesla is unable to do that. Where is Tesla truly at when it comes to powerwall and SGIP as I am hearing different stories from different Tesla reps. TIA.
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dhanson865
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It's 61.5 LRA but I'd just leave the heat pump off the battery backup circuit. If the power is out I can do without heat and air for a bit.
I'd rather have my refrigerator on backup and a 120v socket in the garage for emergency car charging (just to be sure I can get to a public L2 or better, I normally charge off of a 14-50 at home but if the power went out before my charge timer kicks in any minimal charge speed would get me to the offsite charging).
So is the soft starter to protect the powerwall or the solar panels or inverter?
bkp_duke
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Now THIS is interesting. Am I reading this as Tesla is going to allow people to order up PWs, have them delivered, and then have a third party of their choosing install them?
I'm asking because I had my setup pre-wired for a 4th powerwall, and it would literally be a plug and play scenario for me. Tesla, of course, would have to remotely change the software.
61.5A is iffy for 2 PWs if 7000W peak per PW2 * 2 / 240V puts 2x PW2 max at ~58.3A for spike coverage. Up to 60.8A if your heat-pump is running at 230V.
The soft-starter is to prevent a "brown-out" in your micro-grid due to the LRA spike.
I'm not sure the PW/panels/inverter needs protection from that as it'll be like a grid-outage event to them. Your inverter may switch off as proper response for a few minutes.
Your local advisor sounds well informed, and I would continue to work with him.
Everyone it was nice chatting here. As I have mentioned previously, I will have to maintain my own responsibilities and allow our support, marketing, and communications to provide any support and handle questions. Energy Products Support | Tesla This will be the website to handle any support oriented questions.
Feel free to private message me here if you do need an advisor personally to begin the exploration process into solar and storage for your home.
When I ordered my two Powerwalls I had to put down $1000 deposit, but it was only one order.
When I reserved my 2 powerwalls back in Feb 18, I only had to put in $500 deposit.
Agreed.
I can't seem to find anywhere official that the solar referral awards are spelled out, and can't imagine why it's so difficult to get me an actual referral code to give to people.
