gslavenburg
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I have two Powerwall's that were installed about 1.5 months ago. No solar. I can confirm that you can not currently do time-of-use or timeshifting. Powerwall version 1.6.0 and Tesla app version 3.2.0.
I have tested 'manual' time shifting by flipping the PG&E breaker off in the morning, and back in the evening when electricity gets cheap. This works, but on switch over there is a roughly 75% chance my Ethereum mining PC crashes, and a 20% chance that my cable modem looses connection and needs a reboot.
I got curious and did a scope capture of the switch over event. Here is a picture of an event where I disconnect PG&E and the wall takes over. Although fairly smooth, the brief gap was enough to crash my PC.
I've also experienced (not caught on scope) an over voltage condition when switching PG&E back on. I was outside and clearly saw the outdoor light 'blooming' when the switch over occurred.
I've had one real outage. The powerwall took over, but my PC crashed. So it's not just the breaker - real outage takeover also has a gap.
I've stopped doing manual time-shift. Although it's fun to run the whole house on the battery, the risk that I'm going to damage something makes manual unusable.
My Tesla sales person tells me time-of-use will be supported 'before the end of the year'. Until then, I have a useless fixture in my garage. A battery that is charge only, like a write-only memory...
I have tested 'manual' time shifting by flipping the PG&E breaker off in the morning, and back in the evening when electricity gets cheap. This works, but on switch over there is a roughly 75% chance my Ethereum mining PC crashes, and a 20% chance that my cable modem looses connection and needs a reboot.
I got curious and did a scope capture of the switch over event. Here is a picture of an event where I disconnect PG&E and the wall takes over. Although fairly smooth, the brief gap was enough to crash my PC.
I've also experienced (not caught on scope) an over voltage condition when switching PG&E back on. I was outside and clearly saw the outdoor light 'blooming' when the switch over occurred.
I've had one real outage. The powerwall took over, but my PC crashed. So it's not just the breaker - real outage takeover also has a gap.
I've stopped doing manual time-shift. Although it's fun to run the whole house on the battery, the risk that I'm going to damage something makes manual unusable.
My Tesla sales person tells me time-of-use will be supported 'before the end of the year'. Until then, I have a useless fixture in my garage. A battery that is charge only, like a write-only memory...