Tesla Gateway registering solar at night from array 800 feet away.
We are troubleshooting our system and would welcome input. Our setup has a 1.5 kWh pole-mount with micro inverters and a 11 kWh roof-mount SunPower with micro inverters, separated by 800 foot distance through the woods to the Tesla Gateway and Powerwalls. Due to the setup and with various loads on the property, the Gateway is getting inaccurate readings and thinks that we are producing solar at night! Our Tesla app shows this negative load because the CT’s are placed at the Tesla Gateway 800 feet away from solar panels: Ideally the CT’s should be placed on the lines next to the solar array. We didn’t think this negative load had consequences until recent extended power outages. The Powerwall registered it was nearly empty and repeatedly turned off and had to be reset when it was actually 96% full.
Our installer wants us to dig an 800 foot trench through trees and rock driveways to run an Ethernet line with extenders for communication between the solar at the house and the Tesla Gateway. We are trying to come up with a solution other than digging a trench!
We are looking into the option of adding a Neurio-meter for communication.
Both locations have their own Starlink for Wi-Fi to the cloud. Might a Neurio Meter be able to solve the communication problem?
Any other ideas or solutions? Thank you.
We are troubleshooting our system and would welcome input. Our setup has a 1.5 kWh pole-mount with micro inverters and a 11 kWh roof-mount SunPower with micro inverters, separated by 800 foot distance through the woods to the Tesla Gateway and Powerwalls. Due to the setup and with various loads on the property, the Gateway is getting inaccurate readings and thinks that we are producing solar at night! Our Tesla app shows this negative load because the CT’s are placed at the Tesla Gateway 800 feet away from solar panels: Ideally the CT’s should be placed on the lines next to the solar array. We didn’t think this negative load had consequences until recent extended power outages. The Powerwall registered it was nearly empty and repeatedly turned off and had to be reset when it was actually 96% full.
Our installer wants us to dig an 800 foot trench through trees and rock driveways to run an Ethernet line with extenders for communication between the solar at the house and the Tesla Gateway. We are trying to come up with a solution other than digging a trench!
We are looking into the option of adding a Neurio-meter for communication.
Both locations have their own Starlink for Wi-Fi to the cloud. Might a Neurio Meter be able to solve the communication problem?
Any other ideas or solutions? Thank you.