[RE-wrenches] Enphase and Tesla Powerwall

[August Goers]

No, we haven't done any zero export. I guess both the Powerwall and Enphase
systems would need to be independently programmed for zero export? I should
add a caveat - all of our IQ7 systems have been the SunPower branded
Equinox type, not Enphase. The main difference being that Enphase would use
their envoy box and SunPower uses the PV Supervisor 6.

August




On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 10:53 AM Marco Mangelsdorf <marco at pvthawaii.com>
wrote:

> Sounds encouraging, August. Mahalo.
>
> Are any of those systems zero export by any chance?
>
> marco
>
> On Thursday, July 25, 2019, August Goers <august at luminalt.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Marco - We have dozens of systems with this combo, so far no problem.
>> Tesla's AC coupling mechanism in general seems to be very robust - we've
>> paired them with many inverter types and brands, and they always seem to
>> couple up during our grid-off tests. Since the vast majority of our systems
>> are grid tied, the real test will be how they will work over the long haul
>> if we have major grid outages - who knows if and when that might happen.
>> I've been in PG&E territory in the Bay Area for about 15 years and can only
>> recall one or two short (less than one hour) power outages.
>>
>>
>> August
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 7:58 AM Marco Mangelsdorf <marco at pvthawaii.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Aloha,
>>>
>>> I’m thinking about combining the Enphase IQ 7 micros with a Tesla
>>> Powerwall or two.
>>>
>>> Anyone out there try this?  With bueno or not so bueno results?
>>>
>>> Mahalo,
>>> marco
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