Not sure if this is normal or not. Have PW for about 16 months now. Have 12k solar but PW is backup only. Have one PW, been waiting 14 months for second. True operational grid outages in last 16 months have been few and short.
While out of town a couple of weeks ago, during a thunderstorm, grid went out for about one hour and 20 minutes. Was notified by Tesla app. With other apps, I shut down a few systems, such as air conditioners. Nonetheless, in that 1+20, my PW dropped from about 98-99% to 79%. Most of the time, baseline power consumption is about 1.1kW, which includes a couple of dehumidifiers. Does a 20% drop in battery level seem right?
After grid resumed, weather was overcast/rainy and PW did not top off. Apparently, I'm not setup to recharge from grid. It remained overcast/rainy for a couple of days with no charging. My concern is another grid outage and my battery is low when it could have been topped off while grid was on.
Can I/should I have grid charging of PW for backup when no sun? If so, who does that? Me, 3rd party installer or Tesla?
On a side note. After grid went down and on PW, I initially had Internet to operate home apps. After a few minutes Spectrum Cable Internet apparently went down and resumed about same time as grid came back up. Does cable Internet typically go out with grid? Thanks.
While out of town a couple of weeks ago, during a thunderstorm, grid went out for about one hour and 20 minutes. Was notified by Tesla app. With other apps, I shut down a few systems, such as air conditioners. Nonetheless, in that 1+20, my PW dropped from about 98-99% to 79%. Most of the time, baseline power consumption is about 1.1kW, which includes a couple of dehumidifiers. Does a 20% drop in battery level seem right?
After grid resumed, weather was overcast/rainy and PW did not top off. Apparently, I'm not setup to recharge from grid. It remained overcast/rainy for a couple of days with no charging. My concern is another grid outage and my battery is low when it could have been topped off while grid was on.
Can I/should I have grid charging of PW for backup when no sun? If so, who does that? Me, 3rd party installer or Tesla?
On a side note. After grid went down and on PW, I initially had Internet to operate home apps. After a few minutes Spectrum Cable Internet apparently went down and resumed about same time as grid came back up. Does cable Internet typically go out with grid? Thanks.