PowerWalls not charging from excess solar

[Steve2498]

My PowerWalls are at 21% I’m in self powered mode and my reserve is set to 80%. When the solar is producing more than the house is using the excess is going back to the grid rather than charging the PW, why? Shouldn’t it send excess to the PW?

My installation is less than a day old so perhaps there are some startup issues or a lack of understand on my part. Any thoughts?

 

[roblab]

Call Tesla.

 

[Steve2498]

Call Tesla.

I called the 3rd party installer, he said he would stop by and look at it. We’ll see...

 

[Steve2498]

I called the 3rd party installer, he said he would stop by and look at it. We’ll see...

Resolved - installer found a cat that was flipped the wrong direction…. Fortunately an easy fix.

 

[firecall999]

Resolved - installer found a cat that was flipped the wrong direction…. Fortunately an easy fix.

What is a cat?

We are having the same problem!

 

[GWord]

What is a cat?

We are having the same problem!

Probably a typo. It’s CT or Current Transformer. Sometimes the installer puts one on backwards which makes the current flow look reversed and odd behavior can ensue. They are easy to flip. They clip on a wire like a chip clip on a bag of potato chips.

 

[firecall999]

Probably a typo. It’s CT or Current Transformer. Sometimes the installer puts one on backwards which makes the current flow look reversed and odd behavior can ensue. They are easy to flip. They clip on a wire like a chip clip on a bag of potato chips.

Thanks!