How many of you were able to activate your sun power panels on your own?

[oregon_phil]

so after your post I decided to call the power company and they stated i AM producing power and sending it back to the grid daily. Apparently im producing alot daily.

One last thing. When SunPower comes out to complete your setup, make sure you ask SunPower to explain everything to you such that you understand all of your system components and how they work.

Also, have them explain to you how to access your SunPower account.

Sidebar: If you access your Sunpower PVS6 through a local IP address (i.e. 192.168.1.xx), realize that this address might change when you reboot your router. You could lock down your PVS6 IP address by using DHCP reserve through your router. Static IP would work but is not as easy to manage as DHCP reserve.

Good luck!

[oregon_phil]

Others on the forum might be able to help you. I only have one choice where I live.

[Lil12002]

Minor point, but did you realize your pictures are posted upside down?

Ok then, the only thing left for Sunpower to do is to hook your PVS6 to your home network and prove that they can talk to it. The small amount of kWh's on channel 2 is puzzling to me however.

When I upload the pictures from my phone it flips them somehow.... now I need to decide if I stay with my power company or go with something called central coast community which pays me 7 cents per KWH as opposed to 2.5 cents from PG&E.... I don’t know if this company has hidden fees....

[oregon_phil]

Minor point, but did you realize your pictures are posted upside down?

Ok then, the only thing left for Sunpower to do is to hook your PVS6 to your home network and prove that they can talk to it. The small amount of kWh's on channel 2 is puzzling to me however.

[Lil12002]

Topic 1:

I was going to write up a lengthy explanation, but there is a good YouTube explanation of your meter: How To: Read your smart meter by Allterra Solar. It is the correct meter.
When the sun is shining, turn off most of your home appliances and see which way the two small lines are moving on your electric meter. If the lines are moving to the left then you are pushing power to the grid.

Topic 2:

I reread the thread and think this is the order of things.

1) You buy new construction house with SunPower panels already installed. SunPower does the installation and commissions the system, but does not have any customer network to connect to.
2) You move in, get your electronics and home network set up, get authorization to connect Solar system to grid.
3) Sunpower cannot talk to your system because it doesn't know your home network exists and you probably can't see the Sunpower PVS6 either because it isn't authorized to connect to your network (unless you connected a hardwire ethernet cable to it).

So you will probably have to wait for the SunPower tech to complete the commissioning process. If you were comfortable with power, networking and system configuration, there is a SunPower guide to complete the commissioning process. But let SunPower complete the commissioning process so they become accountable for the system and can't blame you for anything.

so after your post I decided to call the power company and they stated i AM producing power and sending it back to the grid daily. Apparently im producing alot daily.

[oregon_phil]

One final thing, the 1.3kWh supplied to the grid is per your meter on channel 2 is miniscule so I think Sunpower tested the system, put 1.3kwh back on the grid to verify functionality, then shut it off. Even though you have a functioning system (purple LED), I am thinking the Sunpower PVS6 is not allowing power back to the grid because commissioning hasn't been completed.

[oregon_phil]

Topic 1:

I was going to write up a lengthy explanation, but there is a good YouTube explanation of your meter: How To: Read your smart meter by Allterra Solar. It is the correct meter.
When the sun is shining, turn off most of your home appliances and see which way the two small lines are moving on your electric meter. If the lines are moving to the left then you are pushing power to the grid.

Topic 2:

I reread the thread and think this is the order of things.

1) You buy new construction house with SunPower panels already installed. SunPower does the installation and commissions the system, but does not have any customer network to connect to.
2) You move in, get your electronics and home network set up, get authorization to connect Solar system to grid.
3) Sunpower cannot talk to your system because it doesn't know your home network exists and you probably can't see the Sunpower PVS6 either because it isn't authorized to connect to your network (unless you connected a hardwire ethernet cable to it).

So you will probably have to wait for the SunPower tech to complete the commissioning process. If you were comfortable with power, networking and system configuration, there is a SunPower guide to complete the commissioning process. But let SunPower complete the commissioning process so they become accountable for the system and can't blame you for anything.

[Lil12002]

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[Lil12002]

I have more pictures im just having trouble uploading them through my phone

[oregon_phil]

Topic 1

There is only one picture in your post. Do you have one meter or two meters?

I see that you are on PG&E. I am going to have to defer to those on PG&E for additional help. I looked at the Focus AXR-SD specs and PG&E website and I'm thinking this is not a net meter. I could be totally wrong.

The net meters on the PG&E website look different than your meter. Did PG&E come out to replace your meter? If you are unsure, a call to PG&E would be in order. In my case, before my net meter was installed, any solar production was added to my utility bill (I was charged for electricity by the power company for solar production generated). This is because the dumb electric meter didn't know which way electricity was moving; only that it was moving.

Can somebody with PG&E experience help out here?

Topic 2

In reading the literature on the Sunpower PVS6, the installer should have connected it to your home network and have verified that connection before leaving the installation. I believe Sunpower tech support cannot see your system because your network connection to the device is broken.

Did Sunpower connect the PVS6 directly to your router using A) hardwire ethernet cable or B) wireless WiFi connection?

If you are knowledgeable enough with your router, you can open up your router's ADMIN page and look at all the devices connected to it.

[Lil12002]

Some of the pictures are of the same. I did that so you could see the changes.

[oregon_phil]

Great thanks! More answers and questions are in your future.

[Lil12002]

I know I keep asking, but the power meter model number is the next step.

Im at work now when i get home ill snap a picture

[oregon_phil]

I know I keep asking, but the power meter model number is the next step.

[Lil12002]

If you take a picture we can figure out if you have net meter. i.e. Are you putting any power back on the grid?

I should be when my wife did the assessment with sun power he told her based on the size we selected we should be getting around 40-50 dollars a month