I've done quite a bit of research on this, but I've had a hard time finding reliable information. My wife and I are interested in adding solar to our home, but she is (understandably) concerned about the number of boxes that will be on our walls. I see that the Powerwall 2 comes in a model that has an inverter built in, yet all of the videos of setups I've seen online involve a separate, external inverter.
Is there an advantage to having an external inverter? We're really just looking for our solar setup to do the usual things:
Is there an advantage to having an external inverter? We're really just looking for our solar setup to do the usual things:
- Have the solar power the house and charge the Powerwall 2 (when it can)
- Run the house off of the Powerwall 2 when the solar drops out
- Use utility power as little as possible
- The breaker box (which we already have)
- Utility box (which we already have)
- The Powerwall 2
- Tesla Gateway