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Powerwall brings you energy independence and security, so life in your home can carry on uninterrupted during a grid outage. During a power outage, Powerwall discharges its stored energy to provide power to your home. However, if your Powerwall is off-grid for what may become an extended duration, you may wish to familiarize yourself with the following best practices to extend the backup duration of your system during an outage.

How Powerwall Provides Backup Power
When a utility power outage does occur, your Powerwall instantly disconnects from the grid and restores backup power to your home in a fraction of a second, over one hundred times faster than typical standby generators. This means your appliances keep running without interruption, and there’s no need to reset your clocks. You may not even notice when an outage occurs.
If you have solar, your Powerwall can recharge from your solar system to run your home from solar and Powerwall even when the grid is down. A traditional solar system without a Powerwall does not function during a grid outage.
If more solar energy is produced than can be used or stored during an outage, Powerwall will turn off the solar system and turn it back on when the energy can be used again.

Backup Power Notifications
If the grid has been unavailable for at least five minutes, the Tesla app will alert you so you can manage energy usage accordingly. A second notification is sent when power is restored. To ensure you receive this alert, go to 'Settings' and select 'Notifications' in the Tesla app. You can set preferences for receiving all notifications, including power outages. Ensure that your device settings allow notifications from the Tesla app.

Preparing for an Outage
Before a potential outage, consider doing energy-intensive activities, including charging your car, running your air conditioner, or doing dishes and laundry.
Storm Watch will automatically prepare your Powerwall system for the possibility of a grid outage during some extreme weather events. If your Powerwall is not actively in Storm Watch, you may also manually increase your backup reserve percentage in the mobile app to retain more energy in the event of a grid outage.

Power During a Grid Outage
Each Powerwall can provide up to 5 kW of continuous power. You can back up any number of appliances, so long as their combined power usage does not exceed the total power rating of your Powerwall.  
Starting some loads with high inrush current during a power outage, like air conditioners and motors, may overload Powerwall and cause it to stop providing power to your home. If this occurs, turn off these loads, and Powerwall will attempt to restart within a minute. Otherwise, consider manually restarting the Powerwall.

Energy Management During a Grid Outage
Weather events causing power outages may bring grid uncertainty where your outage could last days, not hours, with lower solar production. The best way to extend your use of Powerwall during a grid outage is to reduce the use of energy-intensive appliances like air conditioners, car charging, electric heaters, and dishwashers.

Solar Panel Conditions
Some weather conditions may cause a reduction in your solar panel production, like depositing leaves or snow on your panels. Consider checking your panels daily during poor weather conditions to safely clear obstructions.

Solar Production During an Extended Outage
If Powerwall cannot charge at its expected rate, it will signal your solar inverter to reduce or turn off to protect your home from the excessive power produced. This typically occurs when Powerwall is approaching 100% charge. Once the Powerwall can accept power again, your solar inverter will be signaled to produce and will re-start after the qualification period required by your local requirements.

Running Low on Energy
If Powerwall has less than 10% energy remaining, it will enter a standby state and stop providing power to your home. If your system is connected to the internet, you'll receive a push notification in the Tesla mobile app when Powerwall enters standby.
When in standby and paired with a solar energy system, Powerwall will automatically attempt to recharge from solar for six minutes every hour between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. local time. If enough solar is available to charge Powerwall while still powering your home, this automatic charging will continue. Otherwise, it will wait for the next hour to attempt charging again.

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