Glad to hear. Hopefully Enphase can crank them out enough to make Tesla lower the PW price.
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I just realized I purchased the wrong one. I was trying to buy the Pro model.
I have to return it.
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wiltoking
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PW is still stepping in and charging the Tesla during off-peak. Thought I’d have enough to last the day with low sunlight but not so. Discharged all the way to 10% today and almost 0 Solar being generated boo. Still don’t have an EV setting in the app but maybe it’s because the system isn’t inspected/bought yet lol Next few days seem like they’ll be terrible for solar production here.
After PTO you might still have to request for the EV setting. I don’t have it. I did have to request to charge from Grid. I finally got that option a week after PTO. I actually forgot about the feature or option to divide PW for EV charging.
wiltoking
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I got charge from grid from the get go. Maybe because it’s a 2023 install and the IRA now allows for batteries to receive the credit.
I guess I never cared much. Since I only have the one PW. I would probably only want to pull 3kWh -5kWhs from it. If I had 4 PW’s. Then I see how it would be beneficial to me. To get around 15-20kWh. I really want Bidirectional with the CyberTruck.
wiltoking
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I didn’t either and had it off, except this issue with it discharging during off-peak made me think that if it’s enabled maybe it won’t discharge. Gonna try it tonight to see how it goes. This whole week is gonna be poor for solar.I guess I never cared much. Since I only have the one PW. I would probably only want to pull 3kWh -5kWhs from it. If I had 4 PW’s. Then I see how it would be beneficial to me. To get around 15-20kWh. I really want Bidirectional with the CyberTruck.
Yes. I was just looking at the forecast. Planning my evening charging out for the week (Weatherman). I think I will add 10kwh tonight and tomorrow. Then add about 25kwh on Thursday night. I like to charge to a higher percentage on days I produce more.
Tuesday should be a little better.
When they recommend Sunscreen or staying in the House. I get excited.
When they recommend Sunscreen or staying in the House. I get excited.
wiltoking
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Good idea using UV index as a solar forecast, usually partly cloudy etc. isn’t really much to go by. Figures when I top-up the PW we get a sunnier day!Tuesday should be a little better.
When they recommend Sunscreen or staying in the House. I get excited.
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wiltoking
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This time around Grid Charging only got the PW up to 75% (last time it topped it out at 100%). I'm thinking the PW is trying to be smart and keep the battery healthy. Sadly it still discharged in the morning to the Tesla and left me with 45% SoC on a very cloudy day. It seems to happen consistently at 6 am regardless of PW charge level. I would think it's because the PW has the wrong time but the end of the Peak Period is always on the dot. This has me thinking I could change the Peak Period to one hour later in the morning and see what happens (or have the car charge earlier).
Yes. You will have to play with it. To get the best deal out of it. I’m on the Tesla Electric plan. Which would usually start discharging around 12am-2am. So I moved my Vehicle charging to 11:45pm. Set it on a lower amp setting. So it will pull less than 5kwh. I had it pulling about 1-2kwh. It worked great for two days. Then the PW started to discharge around 3am-4am. I guess it was looking for the least used time of day. To self power. So I said F It. Moved my Vehicle charging time back to 7:15pm. Around the time I would be home and after peak. Now I plan to charge to a level of what I pull in for the day. If I pull in extra kWh’s that my home doesn’t use. I charge up at a higher rate. It’s fun to play around with it. But nerds like us. Need more options.
Better than yesterday. Might pull in the 20’s close to 30 kWh. I hope. I’ll charge my Tesla up to 70-80 percent tonight. Wednesday shows 
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. Siri, Google and Alexa are working without lag now. HomeKit is Super fast.
DrewHou
Tesla S|3|Solar+PW
What was your grid usage for the billing period? Do they break it down like most providers?
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