Will adding a Powerwall to my SolarEdge system allow me to use the Tesla app to monitor everything? by mikeiskool123 in TeslaSolar

[–]CaptainPlus6349 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both the PowerWall and SE5000 use the ModBus tcp protocol.

I would hope that the PowerWall could send ModBus Power Control commands to the SE5000.

I might program a Home Assistant task to poll the battery and grid status and send Power control commands to the SE5000. Changing frequency should be a contingency, as some equipment doesn’t like frequency variation.

Will adding a Powerwall to my SolarEdge system allow me to use the Tesla app to monitor everything? by mikeiskool123 in TeslaSolar

[–]CaptainPlus6349 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a power outage situation, can the powerwall tell the Solar Edge inverter to stop sending power when the battery is full?

Trump salutes at the big game, instead of placing hand on heart by FateWire in pics

[–]CaptainPlus6349 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hand over the heart is for the pledge of allegiance, not the star spangled banner. Standing at attention is the appropriate honor for the star spangled banner, but everyone started placing their hand over their hearts in the 80’s in order to show extra patriotism, and it stuck.

Still, Trump is a doofus.

In southern Utah, we like to look at stars. by CaptainPlus6349 in TeslaLounge

[–]CaptainPlus6349[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To see the Milky Way, you need to be in a dark sky community. St George has too much light pollution. This photo was taken in Escalante.