New Tesla app animations, 👍 or 👎 ?

[jhn_]

New Tesla app v4.18.0 tweaks the power flow animations for solar, grid, and Powerwall to have multiple paths and different colors. What do you think, or ?

Or choice c, bring back the original power flow four circles animation.

 

[jjrandorin]

I like the new power flow colors. I have gotten used to the "new" (now existing) version of the app, as it relates to Tesla energy products, but I specifically like these new animation lines and colors.

If your home is getting more than one source of power at a time, each gets a line, and they now all have their own color so its easy to see.

If I trigger a car to charge during the day while solar is generating, I will see an orange line from solar to my home, a green line from the powerwalls to my home and a grey/white line from the grid to my home, so its easy to see whats happening at a glance.

 

[getakey]

I have the house in the animation, but not different colors

 

[jjrandorin]

I have the house in the animation, but not different colors

I believe its new as of the tesla app version that @jhn_ mentioned..... with the caveat that I am using iOS to access the tesla app, so dont know if android has been updated yet.

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Here is a cropped pick I just took from my tesla app, after triggering my wifes model Y to charge (love that I can do this while I am 40 miles away at work, lol)

 

[getakey]

ok, I'm still on 4.17.5 Android

 

[Jeremy3292]

I believe its new as of the tesla app version that @jhn_ mentioned..... with the caveat that I am using iOS to access the tesla app, so dont know if android has been updated yet.

EDIT:


Here is a cropped pick I just took from my tesla app, after triggering my wifes model Y to charge (love that I can do this while I am 40 miles away at work, lol)

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Anyway to prevent Powerwall discharge and to use solar + grid only to charge the car?

 

[jjrandorin]

Anyway to prevent Powerwall discharge and to use solar + grid only to charge the car?

Beside changing my reserve to 100% you mean?

 

[jgleigh]

Anyway to prevent Powerwall discharge and to use solar + grid only to charge the car?

Really wish Tesla would add more options like this. They have all the data already. ChargeHQ does a good job of directing solar to EVs or Powerwalls, but there's no way to prevent Powerwall discharge except messing with the reserve levels.

 

[Jeremy3292]

Beside changing my reserve to 100% you mean?

Yes

 

[jjrandorin]

Yes

I suppose you could mess around with the buy and sell pricing on time of use, etc. I use self powered mode and move my reserve so I am not up on that.

 

[Redhill_qik]

New Tesla app v4.18.0 tweaks the power flow animations for solar, grid, and Powerwall to have multiple paths and different colors. What do you think, or ?

Or choice c, bring back the original power flow four circles animation.

I like the new animation with colors

 

[charlesj]

Thanks for the post. Just updated and like it but... I think it would be neat if the solar panels would also light up or even change color intensity when it is generating. Maybe on the next update?

 

[aesculus]

My Android just updated but the only action I have right now is power to the house from the grid so I cannot tell any difference.

I guess this aligns with the energy graphs when you press the "all sources/destinations" button. Maybe they should have done flow the same way by adding a button.

 

[David 4893]

I believe its new as of the tesla app version that @jhn_ mentioned..... with the caveat that I am using iOS to access the tesla app, so dont know if android has been updated yet.

EDIT:


Here is a cropped pick I just took from my tesla app, after triggering my wifes model Y to charge (love that I can do this while I am 40 miles away at work, lol)

View attachment 912348

I have recently had my system installed. I have powerwall 2x like yours shows, but I cannot get more than 5.3 kW. How is your’s putting out 8.3; and is my install botched and I should be getting more power?

 

[jjrandorin]

I have recently had my system installed. I have powerwall 2x like yours shows, but I cannot get more than 5.3 kW. How is your’s putting out 8.3; and is my install botched and I should be getting more power?

Each powerwall 2 can provide up to 5kW of power, so max output for 2 powerwalls is 10kW. If you dont have PTO there may be some other cap I am unaware of. Without seeing a screenshot of what you are seeing, and when you are seeing it, I dont know what else to say other than powerwalls max out at 5kW each (or at least powerwall 2s do, not sure about poerwall+).

 

[Redhill_qik]

I have recently had my system installed. I have powerwall 2x like yours shows, but I cannot get more than 5.3 kW. How is your’s putting out 8.3; and is my install botched and I should be getting more power?

Did your house load require more than 5.3kW at the time and was pulling from the grid? If not then everything was fine as the Powerwalls will discharge only what is needed.

 

[David 4893]

Did your house load require more than 5.3kW at the time and was pulling from the grid? If not then everything was fine as the Powerwalls will discharge only what is needed.

My house was pulling a lot. Car charging, oven, dryer. So my solar was maxed at 7.6, powerwalls is at 5.3 and rest from the grid. I’ll put in a service ticket and let Tesla tell me what they think.

 

[David 4893]

Each powerwall 2 can provide up to 5kW of power, so max output for 2 powerwalls is 10kW. If you dont have PTO there may be some other cap I am unaware of. Without seeing a screenshot of what you are seeing, and when you are seeing it, I dont know what else to say other than powerwalls max out at 5kW each (or at least powerwall 2s do, not sure about poerwall+).

I do have PTO. I have one powerwall 2 and one powerwall plus (which I understand is a pw2 with the solar inverter on top, right?).

 

[jjrandorin]

I do have PTO. I have one powerwall 2 and one powerwall plus (which I understand is a pw2 with the solar inverter on top, right?).

Thats my understanding, yes although some of the data sheets for the powerwall+ show higher burst mode for providing power.

Nevertheless, you should be able to get 10kW of continuous power out of your 2 powerwalls, unless there is some specific technical reason in your setup which precludes that (which I havent heard of).

If you have a 60amp circuit for charging your car, have you tried triggering car charging at night, even for a few minutes, until it ramps up to 48amp? I only mention car charging because its the largest load that most people who have EVs can easily start and stop at will.

Its still somewhat on topic for this thread (since it shows the colors and what powerwall providing power looks like), but here is what it looks like for me if I am charging my car at night, and letting the powerwalls provide power by having the reserve low enough for them to do so:

 

[skepticcyclist]

Looks exactly the same to me, so I don't know how to rate it