DrewHou
Tesla S|3|Solar+PW
No but I assume different gateway = different system based on other people’s experience. Hopefully I am wrong about that part haha.
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Tesla Solar in Houston & Surrounding Area’s
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DrewHou
Tesla S|3|Solar+PW
Ahhh I see. That all makes sense and very informative.
So the limitation may not be in location of my equipment but more a technical limitation. Time will tell but again I am enjoying learning more. I am hoping the install crew comes out and says oh no this is easier to do X way and it works out without a second gateway and they can place them where I need them.
HOA approval request was sent out today showing them Tesla wants them up front and on display for the neighborhood so that may be my next battle haha.
DrewHou
Tesla S|3|Solar+PW
That seems odd because clearly they were done with the plans they just needed to clear up the hold on telling you to clear a wall I would have thought.
DrewHou
Tesla S|3|Solar+PW
As I predicted the HOA is throwing a fit about the location of the powerwalls. They want them behind the fence completely or inside of the garage. Since there is no other place on that side of the house behind the fence my only suggestion to them was to extend my fence all the way out to the end of the house. To hide the powerwalls and my gas meter too since the powerwalls are being installed near my gas meter. Crazy that the gas meter isn’t an eyesore to the people driving and walking down the road but a shiny pair of powerwalls is just too much. Cover the children’s eyes this guy has his powerwalls exposed!!! The horror!!!
@DrewHou I noticed you seem to have a SPAN panel installed, how is it working out for you? I've been contemplating upgrading the standard panel with either SPAN or Leviton or doing a standard panel with Lumin. The 32 slot limit is the only thing stopping me from going with SPAN, we are at 30 (all used) in the current panel and will install a pool in the near future.
DrewHou
Tesla S|3|Solar+PW
I love my span panel. The ability to look at the usage by breaker has made a big difference in how I consume power. I love the way it looks with the Tesla equipment. Works rock solid and when an outage happens like clockwork it kicks off my breakers that are not important and then even more when my powerwalls hit 50%. It really extends how long my powerwalls could power my home in an outage. Thankfully I haven’t had to test a multi day outage yet but in shorter outages it’s worked exactly as advertised.
Also I have mine almost maxed out already but figure I will figure out a solution when and if I need more breaker spots.
DrewHou
Tesla S|3|Solar+PW
Maybe someday they will have an accurate tracker on the website. There’s a lot of steps but a tracker that shows each step (including internal) and where you’re at along the way would be great.My Project advisor just sent me a message. My project is in queue for the contracts team.
Few more days she said.
jgleigh
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Mine still shows waiting for Utility Installation Approval and Inspection. I've been up and running for over two years!
Just got email and text from Tesla. Docs are ready to review. Reviewed and my home has to be exactly like yours.
$17k
DrewHou
Tesla S|3|Solar+PW
Well surprise!!!! I just now got a new design from Tesla out of nowhere and had to redo the loan paperwork. Guess the second gateway wasn’t needed after all because it’s been removed haha.Just got email and text from Tesla. Docs are ready to review. Reviewed and my home has to be exactly like yours.
$17k
DrewHou
Tesla S|3|Solar+PW
Doesn’t look like they provided anything about the new design other than the price lol I will have to reach out tomorrow and see if I can figure it out. Especially since if anything changes I have to alert the HOA…
DrewHou
Tesla S|3|Solar+PW
Yeah well last year with my solar install. They didn’t even warn me that someone was coming in a semi with pallets of stuff lol. Thankfully I was home but here’s to hoping that doesn’t happen again haha.Yeah. It happens like that with Tesla.
I remember. I told my wife. We were in shocked a company would do that. Then I remembered who I work for. They do that a lot.
Last year. My system price went down. I believe it’s because they decided to use less emt and wire. So I got a small amount taking off.
DrewHou
Tesla S|3|Solar+PW
lol every company seems to be mostly incompetent nowadays haha. That’s been most of my experience the last few years anyways.I remember. I told my wife. We were in shocked a company would do that. Then I remembered who I work for. They do that a lot.
Last year. My system price went down. I believe it’s because they decided to use less emt and wire. So I got a small amount taking off.
I am hoping as they were writing up permits they saw there was no need for the gateway and that they should put them in the garage with the other ones. My luck would never be that good though haha
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