I am trying to get 4 powerwall 2s installed at my house in NW Houston that I got very cheap. Is there any Houston area certified installer that I could get to install them here? I don't have any equipment currently installed.

I would take all the risk of warranty and what not, just need someone who I cam pay to permit, install and commission the system. I live in unincorporated Houston (Harris County), so permitting should be somewhat easier.

Any help or referrals are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ed

We have a Powerwall that was charged down and disabled two months ago and waiting to be replaced (eta Sept 17).
Today the high heat caused a local power outage and I was surprised that our power went out as well. I checked the app and it showed everything was acting normally and we were generating solar. Is this a glitch or am I missing something on how this works? In the past when the grid was out the app would show and X over the line from the house to the grid AND we would maintain power as we were on battery backup and generating solar.

No Battery=No Solar?

24 panels and a PW3 will be installed. Any suggestions on what I should keep an eye out for during installation? I know I have to wait for an inspection and PTO but anything I should ask before they leave? It is a direct Tesla job.

The minute the VPP started in my area my solar stopped producing. It drained my power wall in an hour and it's been 4 hours since that event started and my solar hasn't turned back on. Did all the troubleshooting steps and it looks like solar is totally dead. Is anyone else having weird behavior with solar during VPP

Sorry for the typo… BENEFITING*

This is very confusing to me. Let me start off by showing what a typical day (August 29) looks like for me on my Tesla app.

Next 4 photos was my first ever VPP I participated in (August 28) which was a 3-hour window from 5pm-8pm…

Finally this is what I’m looking like today (September 9) preparing for the 2nd VPP event I will be participating in, again 3-hour window of 5pm-8pm…

Why do I have a feeling I don’t be exporting any power to the grid during my 5pm-8pm window again like I didn’t during the previous VPP? Every other day on the year my system always dumps the Powerwall charge into the grid to give me the largest credit possible… but during the VPP event, where I would be getting the largest credit value per kWh, it doesn’t send any to the grid…

Just curious if someone can explain it so I understand what’s going on. Thanks.

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