I couldn't find anything and asked this question buried in a thread, and thought I'd break it out here to make it easier to find.
This is how you get set up for detailed historical monitoring with Powerwalls, maybe only when added to Solar. People that have Tesla Solar are used to having statistics with day, week, month, and year. They aren't the most detailed, but better than nothing.
You also have your SolarCity account, at least I do/did, which has a little more detail.
To start, when you add PWs, all the Tesla app has by default is 'Today' and 'Yesterday'. The purpose of this thread is to document exactly what's needed to get the same level of history as you had before with Solar enabled. (Note the Solar section is still there, but it only shows that all the solar generation goes to the home, nothing about how much extra went back to the grid, or to top off the PWs, etc.)
I was told you just need to call and they will enable it. Did that today after the usual long explanation of what was actually 'wrong', and it's now a Tier 2 ticket, which seems sort of ridiculous. More details when I get a response and if it works as it should.
Note that I've also gotten an email (it's been five days since PW install and it came yesterday) that my Solar City account will be shut down on August 1. Reading that again, I can't tell if it's connected to the PW install, or just a general shutdown of SC.
Any additional info to add to the above appreciated as I wait for a response (2-3 days).
Also, is there an easy way to externally/third-party gather/monitor the data? I thought I'd seen where Tesla (now?) frowned on this and don't want to get any blowback.
Thanks!
This is how you get set up for detailed historical monitoring with Powerwalls, maybe only when added to Solar. People that have Tesla Solar are used to having statistics with day, week, month, and year. They aren't the most detailed, but better than nothing.
You also have your SolarCity account, at least I do/did, which has a little more detail.
To start, when you add PWs, all the Tesla app has by default is 'Today' and 'Yesterday'. The purpose of this thread is to document exactly what's needed to get the same level of history as you had before with Solar enabled. (Note the Solar section is still there, but it only shows that all the solar generation goes to the home, nothing about how much extra went back to the grid, or to top off the PWs, etc.)
I was told you just need to call and they will enable it. Did that today after the usual long explanation of what was actually 'wrong', and it's now a Tier 2 ticket, which seems sort of ridiculous. More details when I get a response and if it works as it should.
Note that I've also gotten an email (it's been five days since PW install and it came yesterday) that my Solar City account will be shut down on August 1. Reading that again, I can't tell if it's connected to the PW install, or just a general shutdown of SC.
Any additional info to add to the above appreciated as I wait for a response (2-3 days).
Also, is there an easy way to externally/third-party gather/monitor the data? I thought I'd seen where Tesla (now?) frowned on this and don't want to get any blowback.
Thanks!