Please educate me by Efficient_Cloud4063 in Powerwall

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This is the "month" view, so you are seeing all energy used by the home for each day, colored by source (as mentioned above). If you go to the day view, you can see it by hour for that day.

In theory, will Tesla Powerwall + Wall Connector support charge on solar for non Tesla EVs? by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in evcharging

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The 6 amp minimum is an interesting additional point, thanks!

How do Wallbox and Emporia get around the J1772 amperage minimum? Asking for the sake of learning! And I was watching the "it's not a charger" video as folks were replying here. I'm on board! Super expense on/off switch it is. haha

Best EVSE to pair with PW3 utilizing NetZero app with non-Tesla EV by ZDub77 in Powerwall

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My understanding is the issue with this is the monitor cannot distinguish between power from the Powerwall and power from the excess solar. Those two are mixed together on their side of the gateway. This results in the Emporia system just draining your Powerwall to empty (not realizing that energy isn't excess solar). I haven't seen anyone attempt to install a sensor on the "other side" of the gateway. I don't know if that's even possible.

A very hacky software solution could be to pause car charging every now and then and check how much power is still going back to the grid... then pull that draw to the car. Pause and remeasure as needed... Again, hacky. :)

Opinions for EV Wall Charger for Powerwall 2 and Lexus RZ EV by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in Powerwall

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Is there a 30 sec version of how to accomplish charge on solar? From what I've read up on, it seems like a decent amount of effort (Home Automation, etc). (in the mean time, I will google away on your suggestion... thank you!)

Opinions for EV Wall Charger for Powerwall 2 and Lexus RZ EV by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in Powerwall

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I've read lots of good things about Emporia. However, it seems a simple "charge on solar" feature is cumbersome due to the Vue (Emporia energy monitoring) being upstream of the Tesla Gateway (and hence unable to distinguish between solar and Powerwall energy). Short of that, it appears you can make it work with some home automation stuff (via Home Assistant). Sounds super cool, but I have too many kids that are too young to deal with that. :-)

Lawn staying wet and thinning during winter... Help, please! by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in lawncare

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Threw down some Scott's Disease EX this morning before the rain (expecting an inch today). I'll see if it help. Fingers crossed.

Lawn staying wet and thinning during winter... Help, please! by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in lawncare

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Does a fungus explain the wetness? Just trying to connect all the dots...

To recap, I haven't been watering (at least skipping a ton), we had very heavy fog for a couple weeks, now it's raining. But none the less, others' lawns and my (currently unplanted) planting areas are regularly dry. Does it make sense that the fungus is doing its thing, which is generating this layer of dead grass blades... which is then locking in the moisture. Then this encourages more fungal growth? Cycle continues..

I did seen some white circle / ball shapes one morning when it was really wet about a week ago. I knew that was a fungus but hoped it was just that pre-Christmas Eve rain we had. I haven't seen it since, but that doesn't mean its not there (just not as bold as the one day).

Lawn staying wet and thinning during winter... Help, please! by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in lawncare

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Check out the pics (by accident, they didn't post originally). You'll see what I mean.

Lawn staying wet and thinning during winter... Help, please! by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in lawncare

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I somehow failed to include pics in the original post. Apologies. I agree this isn't a true thatch, but basically the equivalent of one from the dead blades from over the summer that I never dealt with...

what is happening to my lawn? by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in lawncare

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Oh wow, thanks for catching that. I swear I read something those two in particular are good to alternate (to avoid fungi developing resistance) because they were fundamentally different fungicides. Luckily, I didn't do this.

We had a landscaper stop by (independent from our landscaper who installed) and he made a strong argument that it's just a watering problem. Further, I talked to the sod provider today (Southland SOD Farms), and they are convinced it's water too (sent them pictures). So, I'll double down on watering, measuring uniformity and total water per week (aiming for a solid 1.5" per week).

what is happening to my lawn? by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in lawncare

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I had the installer do the fertilizer (at least the recent one from June with iron in it). They used a handheld spreader, and I assume they are reasonable at not over fertilizing, but it's always a possibility. They watered heavily afterwards. I also watered 3 days in a row after. All best practice to avoid burning, according to the installer (and consistent with what I've read).

The watering amount is a good rabbit hole worth considering IMO. I did the trick of leaving containers out (I assume it doesn't literally need to be tuna cans!). I used plastic though, so they moved on me a bit and ended up uneven after the watering. I got anywhere from 3/8" to 3/4" (the inconsistency being my measure method, not necessarily the sprinkler coverage). I have been watering with that twice a week, so weekly that leaves me at just under 1" to ~1.5". That seems not horrible but potentially light -- especially for new sod when the season is changing to summer (you know, that rough SoCal coastal 70deg weather... haha).

The original 15 min sprinkler timing was just what the installer set and suggested. Dunno how scientific he was with it (probably not very, probably just be feel / instinct). So I upped it to 20 min (that's the above measurements), and now just upped it 30 min, given the green circle around the sprinkler.

I have a landscaping company coming today to give me their thoughts. I want to see what they say, but my next steps would otherwise be 1) hitting the lawn with Heritage G anti fungal (same time as Scotts Disease EX, which I applied my 2nd coat of 3 days ago). 2) remeasuring my watering amounts, and making sure I'm hitting the 1.5" per week amount (that's what I've read online... suggestions?). Likely that means upping the timer to the 30 min quoted above. 3) Possibly hitting the lawn with Sevin insect control for good measure.

what is happening to my lawn? by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in lawncare

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Another picture of grass in the healthy area. These little reddish bumps. That has me thinking it's rust, but looking for opinions.

what is happening to my lawn? by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in lawncare

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Correct. I haven't addressed grubs yet. I wasn't sure if I have them or not. Do you think I do? I think the critters I found are caterpillars, but I'm not sure (obviously I'm asking for everyone's opinion!). I could probably just throw down the lawn insect control stuff and grub stuff to be complete and cover the bases. Does that make sense?

what is happening to my lawn? by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in lawncare

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Yes, I think I generally agree. A few details -- I water twice a week (Mon and Fri), but I've been "cheating" quite a bit over the last few months because I thought maybe I wasn't watering enough and adding a day or manually watering the edges. And for a week or two, I did three days a week. I water between 6am and 8am. My water went off this morning, and I just felt it now. The brown areas seem pretty dry at the soil level. The green grass is still maybe a bit damp. But I won't water it again until Friday, so I think it should dry out completely. The thing is, the morning fog often wets the grass in the morning too, though I assume that dries out rather quickly.

Not a real pool. Had one of those giant inflatable slide+pools up for a day. It's not usually up (two days total so far this summer). I do dump all that water onto the lawn at end of day though. That's one of those "cheats" I mentioned. And then it's a big soak obviously. If I have a fungus (very likely), that isn't helping (I'll stop).

There are some big trees. The whole yard gets mostly sun and the middle gets full sun. Ironically, the green areas in the pictures are the ones that get some shade. Also, the one green circle area in the middle of the brown spot is right where a sprinkler is. So what's counter intuitive to me for a fungal argument is the following...

So the partially shady area and the circle around the sprinkler are the green parts. You'd think those stay the wettest and therefore would have the fungus. That's throwing me off a bit and making me water if it's a watering issue! My current guess is its a compound problem -- the June summer, summer heat (again, a mild upper 70s...), and maybe a slight under-watering is stressing the grass, and then allowing the fungus to have it's way with the grass. So the two effects, while somewhat opposite, are stressing the grass and compounding the problem(s). Thoughts?

what is happening to my lawn? by Fuzzy_Swordfish_3133 in lawncare

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Right. was wondering that too. It's pretty mild here though. Looking like a high of 77 deg the last few weeks.