Gotta love a sunny day...

[darrelx]

Especially when it means that the Electric Meter on the side of my house runs backwards.

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Yes, SDG&E finally allowed me to throw the switch yesterday (on Earth Day... how appropriate) and with today being the first sunny day, this video is what I saw when I got home from work

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[amberdine]

Hee! Awesome.

[mauser]

Too bad it doesn't have a computer interface, so you can log the output, although running the computer would be counterproductive.

[darrelx]

Actually... it does. They gave me a Wi-Fi device that they call "SolarGuard" that plugs into my LAN router and sends data to SolarCity's website every 5 minutes, which I'm supposed to be able to see online.

The problem is that the device isn't communicating wirelessly with the inverter for some reason. I'm still troubleshooting that one with their Customer Service department.

Someone probably entered a MAC address or device serial number wrong somewhere, since the SolarGuard device's lights are blinking in the right order to indicate it's communicating with an inverter...

[mauser]

This'll probably REALLY help when you're away on a trial. Just remember to turn everything off.

[darrelx]

It's online, finally:

http://solarguard.solarcity.com/kiosk/SolarGuard.aspx?ID=94178D06-4FBC-4523-B614-E289604D1690

I needed to make it home while the inverter was still powered up (it goes to sleep when there's no sunlight) so I could have customer Service step me through changing some settings to get it to communicate properly. That's why yesterday's stats only show power (slightly) being generated after 5pm.