Power outage here in Northern CA - 3 hours remaing

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The 3 Tesla batteries ran hotter than usual yesterday due to the extreme heat - 111 degrees

The solar panels' output dropped about 20% due to heat.

So the batteries were not fully charged when we switched to self power between 4 and 9pm yesterday.

Running AC at 74 degrees.

So this morning we are at 29% battery power and was using .5 kW till I turned on the PC and it jumped to 4.5 kW briefly.

I guess that was the router getting started / connected (was in standby mode).

Now back to .5 kW again.

We have 3 batteries with around 40kWs storage

Generator as backup backup

Waiting for the sun to start storing energy.

Thankfully no fires locally.

So far.

Now back up to 9 hours outage remaining.

[jimfields33]

1. AC at 74? I'd freeze

I’m in central Florida and keep mine at 80 and sometimes feel chilly.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. i keep my ac at 73 for medical reasons as same as heater is at 74 during winter.

re applying for a program that pays pg and e bills for lo income ppl.
ran out of credits . wouldnt u know it , during a big heat wave . meh.

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2. Some type of solar backup and or generator backup is a must these days.

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3. We have two generators abd can use one to run the house if batteries are drained

during the night.

Generators are a noisy pain though. Constant filling with messy gas which has to be bought during brown outs etc

Last resort backup.

Smelly exhaust fumes too.

Monthly checking and maintenance

We have had 10 days without grid power once.