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Thread time out. Will unlock later (24 hour time out). When I do unlock it, hopefully it can get back to making suggestions that might be able to be enacted. "I should be able to charge from the grid during any weather event I choose" is not one that is going to be enacted by tesla.
I should clarify (since it was was asked of me) that I dont have any issue with the complaint that @Skip Whiffle has, and I also agree that we all wish / hope that stormwatch operated in a different way. I just want to get the discussion focused on how that might look like or work vs where it is now.
EDIT: I decided 24 hours was "much much" too long so going to try unlocking this now.
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On a side note @Skip Whiffle, I can imagine that what you experienced would be extremely frustrating. I specifically micro manage my own reserve levels to ensure I specifically dont have to go through what you went through. Spending all this money on this stuff and still having power outages has to be super frustraing.
Hopefully at some point tesla can get more granular with the activation of stormwatch mode. Stormwatch mode is basically skirting the "system charges from solar only" stipulations, so it has always appeared to me that tesla has been pretty conservative with allowing its activation. One side effect of that is what you experienced. We all wish it worked better.
Until or unless that happens, the only option you currently have is to, when hearing any possible upcoming weather, raise your reserve (and understand that that may reduce effectiveness of peak pricing arbitrage etc). "Working as currently designed" doesnt necessarily mean the way its designed works.
That seems to be the root of the previous 2 pages of thread discussion, with "working as designed" being taken to mean "how its designed, works". For some people, how its designed absolutely doesnt work, even if its working as its currently designed.
Thread time out. Will unlock later (24 hour time out). When I do unlock it, hopefully it can get back to making suggestions that might be able to be enacted. "I should be able to charge from the grid during any weather event I choose" is not one that is going to be enacted by tesla.
I should clarify (since it was was asked of me) that I dont have any issue with the complaint that @Skip Whiffle has, and I also agree that we all wish / hope that stormwatch operated in a different way. I just want to get the discussion focused on how that might look like or work vs where it is now.
EDIT: I decided 24 hours was "much much" too long so going to try unlocking this now.
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(regular content post, not moderation content)
On a side note @Skip Whiffle, I can imagine that what you experienced would be extremely frustrating. I specifically micro manage my own reserve levels to ensure I specifically dont have to go through what you went through. Spending all this money on this stuff and still having power outages has to be super frustraing.
Hopefully at some point tesla can get more granular with the activation of stormwatch mode. Stormwatch mode is basically skirting the "system charges from solar only" stipulations, so it has always appeared to me that tesla has been pretty conservative with allowing its activation. One side effect of that is what you experienced. We all wish it worked better.
Until or unless that happens, the only option you currently have is to, when hearing any possible upcoming weather, raise your reserve (and understand that that may reduce effectiveness of peak pricing arbitrage etc). "Working as currently designed" doesnt necessarily mean the way its designed works.
That seems to be the root of the previous 2 pages of thread discussion, with "working as designed" being taken to mean "how its designed, works". For some people, how its designed absolutely doesnt work, even if its working as its currently designed.
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