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Lester Powerhouse
Thursday

Re: Tesla Powerwall 2 - Settings PW PW2

Steven, have a read on this solarquotes blog article . . .https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/three-free-hours-a-tale-of-three-batteries/ Also googles AI response to > making a tesla powerwall 2 discharge to grid at a particular timeIn full . . .To force a Tesla Powerwall 2 to discharge energy to the utility grid at a specific time, you must manipulate the native Time-Based Control settings or use third-party smart home automation tools. The standard Tesla app does not have a simple "discharge ...
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Lester Powerhouse
a week ago

Re: 5KW throttle on system to grid

Not sure if you are in a NEM state, or other, but all have different export limits and rules. Export limits are set by your DNSP, many in the country are 5kw, some go to 10kw on a flexible exports arrangement.Before solar is even quoted, the solar company should be getting approval by applying to the DNSP and they advise whatever limits apply to solar install.If you are generating 7kw to the battery, you have an inverter at least that, most likely 10kw. Exports can also be related to address, as ...
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Lester Powerhouse
a week ago

Re: controlled load

Yeah, there are SO many things that can affect results, and cause headaches with modern power metering, wiring, working out what's best for an individual home and usage patterns. Issue 1, the CL timings are very specific to your DNSP Ts&Cs.Eg, in SA (only one DNSP) before we went solar and required smart meter we were on timed CL through about 2330 to 0530 early morning.When we went solar and new smart meter install, the solar soak 1000 to 1500 was the cheapest time of day, before we had that al ...
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Lester Powerhouse
a week ago

Re: AGL's continual changes

That's a low threshold Neil, obviously based of your normal usage for the hour concerned.Our first offer was for less that 0.8kwh for that same day and time, and at the 4:30pm or so reminder time we were drawing 0.72kwh or so . . . but dinner prep was started soon after so didn't worry about trying to achieve that.How often are you getting these through a month ?
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