Still have mine at 15%. So far, enough sun has come out to let me fill at 5 to 100%. But, Sunday will be the real test with all day killer rain clouds. I only got 33KWH yesterday, better today, but sunday will be test for least I expect.
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NorCal Powerwall owners. What is your reserve percentage right now? (Late October 2021)
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Magic 8 Ball says, "Very doubtful". Generally Stormwatch requires a "warning" (not a "watch" or an "advisory") notice for some kind of severe weather from the National Weather Service, or notice of an impending Public Safety Power Shutoff from PG&E (or other utility). At least for my part of the Bay Area neither of these is true.
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Are you sure that is because it just happens to correspond to when the sun goes down? According to their description, it does not follow the schedule in self powered. It pretty much just follows what the sun is doing.
Powerwall Modes | Tesla Support
Powerwall is configured to meet your home’s specific energy needs. Use the Tesla app to monitor and manage your solar system’s performance with features and control modes such as Backup Reserve, Self-Powered and Time-Based Control.
my guess is that if the Flash Flood Watch turns into a Flash Flood Warning, we will get Storm Watch
I use a 25% reserve in summer and a 75% reserve in winter. EVA2 plan with excess production about 9 months per year.
Have endured and survived multiple power outages lasting upwards of 32 hours with some regularity and that's why I have the PW. Essentially set the reserve such that I have enough battery to survive without grid support until the next solar day. The likelihood of an outage where I am at is actually fairly significant - surrounded by severely burned hills and the power lines are subject to shorts, washouts of the towers and wind driven outages to boot.
All of the alerts are at the "warning" stage only, so do not expect StormWatch activation.
Have endured and survived multiple power outages lasting upwards of 32 hours with some regularity and that's why I have the PW. Essentially set the reserve such that I have enough battery to survive without grid support until the next solar day. The likelihood of an outage where I am at is actually fairly significant - surrounded by severely burned hills and the power lines are subject to shorts, washouts of the towers and wind driven outages to boot.
All of the alerts are at the "warning" stage only, so do not expect StormWatch activation.
Mine changes within minutes of the start of the peak. At one time I had it on Time-Based and entered my PG&E rate plan. This still shows even if I do not have Time-Based enabled.Are you sure that is because it just happens to correspond to when the sun goes down? According to their description, it does not follow the schedule in self powered. It pretty much just follows what the sun is doing.
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How do you know storm watch was is initiated? It doesn't show it in that image. I am curious what it looks like on the new APP
And how is your house using 0 kw?
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You actually will see PW pulling from the grid first then you will see the "Storm Watch" item on the app in front of the Energy item, then you will get a notification on the phone from the Tesla app.
Actually I'm not sure if you will get the iPhone notification if your PW are not being charged from the grid. I usually leave storm watch off but it's been cloudy and there will be rain storms the next 2 days so I have it on and it was charging from the grid since noon time and done now.
"A storm is forecasted for your area and Powerwall is charging to provide backup power. Your system will be in Storm Watch until the storm ends."
Actually I'm not sure if you will get the iPhone notification if your PW are not being charged from the grid. I usually leave storm watch off but it's been cloudy and there will be rain storms the next 2 days so I have it on and it was charging from the grid since noon time and done now.
"A storm is forecasted for your area and Powerwall is charging to provide backup power. Your system will be in Storm Watch until the storm ends."
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So it doesn't actually display the words "Storm Watch" on the home page like it did in the previous version?
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