Charge By Solar Not Showing

[Vapor]

Hi All,

Hoping i'm missing something simple here. I noticed i'm not seeing Charge By Solar as an option in the app or on my car and I think i should be seeing it.

I have the following setup:

Tesla Solar & Powerwall with PW running 23.12.10 software
2023 Tesla Model Y running 2023.26.1
Tesla App version 4.23.2-1815

I'm in SoCal (SCE PRIME NEM 2.0) and i don't have any sort of export restrictions. When i look at the app right now i'm generating 9.8kw of energy with 2.6kw going to my home and 7.2kw going to the grid. Car is plugged in and at 70% charged, with the only limit i can set to 80%. I'm not seeing hte three dots by the charge limit in the app.

Any other settings i should look at to try to get this to work? Thanks for any help in advance, i'm not sure what to try next.

 

[eml2]

It seems that it takes about 1 day before the Charge on Solar option appears on the app. My Model Y already updated to 2023.26.1 back on 7/21. My Powerwall was updated to 23.12.10 last night. Then I updated my Android app to 4.23.2-1815 right after but no Charge on Solar option. Check my app again this morning still no avail. Just now I checked it again and there it is.

 

[h2ofun]

It seems that it takes about 1 day before the Charge on Solar option appears on the app. My Model Y already updated to 2023.26.1 back on 7/21. My Powerwall was updated to 23.12.10 last night. Then I updated my Android app to 4.23.2-1815 right after but no Charge on Solar option. Check my app again this morning still no avail. Just now I checked it again and there it is.

So far I am not seeing this is worth much. Shall see if I Get inputs back from Tesla since the rep did not know answers to what he said were my fair questions. Just not being able to use more than one GW at a time is not documented.

 

[Vapor]

It seems that it takes about 1 day before the Charge on Solar option appears on the app. My Model Y already updated to 2023.26.1 back on 7/21. My Powerwall was updated to 23.12.10 last night. Then I updated my Android app to 4.23.2-1815 right after but no Charge on Solar option. Check my app again this morning still no avail. Just now I checked it again and there it is.

Thanks for that info. I'm still not seeing it in my app, but hopefully that changes at some point soon.

 

[Vapor]

Just a quick update for the thread, Charge By Solar is still not showing up for me. Powerwall has updated to 23.12.11, but other than that nothing has changed.

I opened a ticket with support and will post what they say, just in case it helps anybody else on this issue in the future.

 

[errodrigues]

I’m on the same boat. Been a couple days since car, app and powerwall versions aligned but still no charge on solar option.

 

[errodrigues]

Quick update: my app started showing the charge on solar option for my Model Y this morning and I’ve successfully enabled it. Still need to see it in action though.

 

[Vapor]

Quick update: my app started showing the charge on solar option for my Model Y this morning and I’ve successfully enabled it. Still need to see it in action though.

Thanks for the update. Did you see it in your car first, and then the app after enabling it in your car? I still don't see it in the app, but haven't checked my car yet.

 

[sorka]

So far I am not seeing this is worth much. Shall see if I Get inputs back from Tesla since the rep did not know answers to what he said were my fair questions. Just not being able to use more than one GW at a time is not documented.

If it works like it should, it will save either 10% on the PW round trip or NBCs. If you're utility doesn't charge you NBCs, like PG&E does, and you don't use your PW for time shifting, then there is no benefit.

 

[sorka]

BTW, I'm on advanced updates and my X is still on 2023.20.9.

 

[h2ofun]

Quick update: my app started showing the charge on solar option for my Model Y this morning and I’ve successfully enabled it. Still need to see it in action though.

I had it, played with it, but now still gone

 

[errodrigues]

Thanks for the update. Did you see it in your car first, and then the app after enabling it in your car? I still don't see it in the app, but haven't checked my car yet.

I saw it on the app first, and went through the initial setup on the app as well. Then the feature shows up in both app and car.

 

[Vapor]

I saw it on the app first, and went through the initial setup on the app as well. Then the feature shows up in both app and car.

Thanks for the response on this. Still no luck for me. I created a support ticket over the weekend but haven't heard anything back from Tesla Energy on it yet. I'll update the thread once i do.

 

[h2ofun]

Back for me

 

[sorka]

Anyone with an X or S yet???

 

[phsoccer]

Anyone with an X or S yet???

I’ve been wondering that myself, I have not seen anyone with an X getting the update.

 

[Vapor]

I sent an email to [email protected] a week ago to try to create a support ticket to ask why this isn't working for me. It's still not working.

Anybody have any ideas on how to get ahold of somebody at Tesla for help on this?

 

[Vapor]

Of course, after i post this all of a sudden Charge By Solar is now showing up in the app. I didn't do anything, it just magically appeared.

The settings for this are a little strange though. It looks like you have to set your "charge via anything" setting to something lower than the "Charge By Solar" setting. So i set mine to 70% by charge from any source and 80% to "Charge by Solar". I wish it would let me just set it to 80% for both, but it doesn't seem like that is an option.

It also added a new graph for the car's energy usage in the Energy Reports section.

 

[jgleigh]

If you set them both to 80%, isn't that effectively like turning off Charge on Solar?

 

[Vapor]

If you set them both to 80%, isn't that effectively like turning off Charge on Solar?

It wouldn't be for our use case. We drive a good amount in the morning, but then have the car home in the middle of the day, then back out again in the evening. i'd think a lot of people who are still doing work from home would be in a somewhat similar situation. It's not a deal breaker, or a huge deal really, it would be just nice if you could do it