If you mean permanently, no, because that would defeat the main purpose of the PowerWalls to use my own solar power and remedy the peak utility use issues.Seems like a good reason to use a higher reserve, it would reduce your risk of depleting your Powerwalls during an ill-timed blackout.
Cheers, Wayne
Reserve has to be adjusted according to forecasts daily, making certain to leave enough sunny days before storms to fill the batteries.
When we get over 70kWh of batteries, we can start to program in a higher reserve, but we would still need to adjust it for forecasts. With over 100kWh of batteries, we could start to keep a larger permanent reserve.
Right now with only 27kWh, we scrape by, with not a single day where we have a lot of power when the sun comes up.
Locally, a storm is any real rain or any wind. It would be better if Tesla recognized that and allowed us to determine what triggers storm mode.
I had to plan today's reserve a week ago.
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