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I have a medium size setup, 24 panels, 7.56kw, love in SoCal. No power wall. I live in a 2300sq home.
I can’t for the life of me figure out these spikes from midnight to 3/4am most days. Why would they last for so long then go out when the panels start to work again around 8am. Thoughts on my solar system by the looks of the energy usage. See next post for pics.
I can’t for the life of me figure out these spikes from midnight to 3/4am most days. Why would they last for so long then go out when the panels start to work again around 8am. Thoughts on my solar system by the looks of the energy usage. See next post for pics.
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> I have a medium size setup, 24 panels, 7.56kw, love in SoCal. No power wall. I live in a 2300sq home.
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> I can’t for the life of me figure out these spikes from midnight to 3/4am most days. Why would they last for so long then go out when the panels start to work again around 8am. Thoughts on my solar system by the looks of the energy usage. See next post for pics.
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That long and consistently high consumption is pretty impressive and would not seem to be consistent with a circulation motor for a softener. It is more like resistance heating - if the water softener incidentally heats the water as part of the process, that would be the only explanation. I have no idea of how they cycle - maybe another member has more insight.
Other than that consumption - your general patterns appear reasonable. The output timing and maximums of your panels suggest a pretty heavy cloud cover, marine layer or heavy smoke (or all of the above).
If you're seeing that consistently, it may be time to stay awake until that time interval, or until you see that massive flow on the app. Shut off your PWs, to see if your main panel e-meter is showing that amount of flow. I'll bet it's not. Another thing you can try, is to wait until you see the huge flow on the app, then connect (with another device would be best) directly to the TEG's WAP to see if it thinks there's a large flow leaving the PWs. Again...I'll be there's not.
The only thing I can think of is that your Tesla account is crossed with someone else that owns an EV, and you're seeing *their* data. The good news is (if that's the case), is that unless you're on a PPA, your system has been merrily producing energy, and you've been getting credit for it on *your* e-utility costs, but your data reporting through the Tesla servers is simply messed up.
Please do tell us what you find. This is very interesting.
As I'm a n00b at all this still. Thank you!
I'd give 3:1 odds that the app data you're seeing belongs to someone else's account. I know it's not uncommon for installations with weak coms between the inverter and Com Gateway, for the inverter to latch on to a neighbor's Com Gateway, and report through that one. It should still work OK, because the data is labeled with your installation number, which is different than the neighbor's.
I wonder if it's possible that the installers mistakenly attached your data feed to a neighbor's account *at installation*, because your inverter started out connected to their Com Gateway?
I'd give those same odds, that if you walk around your neighborhood, you'll find a house beside or behind you that has solar on their roof and a Tesla in their driveway. If they do, you might knock on their door and introduce yourself, thank them for helping the environment, and explain what you think is happening. You may want to show them your I.D. (that gives your address nearby), just to assuage any concerns that they might have that you're a creep. , and kindly ask them if they'd be willing to give you their Tesla solar installation number. Armed with theirs, and your identifiers, call Tesla customer service (ugh! 1-888-765-2489 or 1-877-961-7652) and they should be able to straighten things out.
Of course, this all depends on whether or not the hypothesis is completely out to lunch.
Congrats on getting it all straightened out. I'd suggest you download the last three months of *your* data from the Tesla app, and verify that everything looks copacetic.
Cheers!