I previously had a 6.5kW Tesla solar system with a SE5000 inverter installed. I've moved up the queue enough that Tesla is is now ready to install a single Powerwall. My interest in the PW is primarily for backup use.
With a single PW I know and accept I will not be able to run the AC, oven or clothes dryer when using backup power.
Tesla installation plan calls for keeping the dryer breaker in the existing load panel which would be backed-up since moving the dryer load would be rather expensive. This strikes me as a strange way of handling it.
I can see two ways where this could be a problem:
1. Grids go off and PW takes over seamlessly, unaware the of this the dryer is used, overloading the PW causing it to shutdown.
2. Dryer is being used and the grid goes off, PW tries to take over but is overloaded causing PW to shutdown.
My questions are:
1. Does the PW/gateway make a notification that backup power is in use that you would reasonably know not to use the dryer? (assuming the PW is configured for backup use only)
2. If the PW is overloaded what does it take to get it back online when the grid is not available and capacity is >10% (I assume the availability of solar is not a factor in the PW restart)
3. Is the wiring suggested by Tesla reasonable to have loads that cannot really be supported be in a "backed up" load panel?
Thanks in advance.
With a single PW I know and accept I will not be able to run the AC, oven or clothes dryer when using backup power.
Tesla installation plan calls for keeping the dryer breaker in the existing load panel which would be backed-up since moving the dryer load would be rather expensive. This strikes me as a strange way of handling it.
I can see two ways where this could be a problem:
1. Grids go off and PW takes over seamlessly, unaware the of this the dryer is used, overloading the PW causing it to shutdown.
2. Dryer is being used and the grid goes off, PW tries to take over but is overloaded causing PW to shutdown.
My questions are:
1. Does the PW/gateway make a notification that backup power is in use that you would reasonably know not to use the dryer? (assuming the PW is configured for backup use only)
2. If the PW is overloaded what does it take to get it back online when the grid is not available and capacity is >10% (I assume the availability of solar is not a factor in the PW restart)
3. Is the wiring suggested by Tesla reasonable to have loads that cannot really be supported be in a "backed up" load panel?
Thanks in advance.