Go Off-Grid With Powershare

Go Off-Grid for your Powershare Home Backup system is a feature that simulates a power outage. With Powershare, Go Off-Grid provides you with the direct control to temporarily disconnect your home from the grid using the Tesla app.

How It Works

Powershare is Tesla's technology that enables your Tesla vehicle's battery to provide power whenever and wherever you need it. With the Powershare Home Backup system, your Tesla vehicle can share its stored energy to power your home.

When you enable Go Off-Grid in the Tesla app, your Powershare Home Backup system disconnects your home from the grid. Once you take your home off grid, your Powershare Home Backup system uses any available solar power and energy from your vehicle’s battery to power your home.

Note: If you have solar in your backup circuit, you must ensure that you have turned your solar breakers off before tapping ‘Go Off-Grid,’ to avoid damaging your home loads. Once you’ve enabled Go Off-Grid, you can turn your solar breakers back on to power your home.

How to Use It

Before Enabling Go Off-Grid

Before enabling Go Off-Grid, your mobile device must be paired with your Powershare Home Backup system.

Note: If multiple users are associated with your Powershare Home Backup system, each mobile device must be paired with your Powershare Home Backup system to use Go Off-Grid.

If your mobile device is not paired with your Powerwall or Powershare Gateway, open the Tesla app and complete the following steps:

From the home screen, select ‘Go Off Grid > ‘Begin Pairing.’

When prompted, scan the QR code on the dead front behind the door of the Powershare Gateway.

If the QR code is not available on the dead front, you may need to remove the dead front to scan the QR code inside the Powershare Gateway enclosure.

Note: Exposed wiring inside the Powershare Gateway can present a risk of electrical shock. Use caution if you need to remove the Powershare Gateway dead front and replace the dead front immediately after scanning the QR code to connect.

Enabling Go Off-Grid

Once your Powershare Home Backup system and mobile device are connected to the same network, you can Go Off-Grid.

On the energy home screen of the Tesla app, simply tap ‘Go Off-Grid.’

Note: Transition may take a few minutes. You will receive a notification once your system is off the grid.

Reconnecting to Grid

Your home will reconnect to the grid automatically once the following happens:

You manually reconnect it in the app
Your Tesla vehicle reaches its discharge limit
The Powershare Home Backup system is no longer able to support your home’s energy needs while off-grid

To manually reconnect to the grid on the energy home screen of the Tesla app, tap ‘Reconnect to Grid.’

Note: Transition may take a few minutes. You will receive a notification once your system reconnects to the grid.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Your home will remain off the grid until one of the following happens:

You manually reconnect it in the app

Your Tesla vehicle reaches its discharge limit

The Powershare Home Backup system is no longer able to support your home’s energy needs while your home is off grid

The Tesla app estimates and monitors the backup duration by calculating the available backup energy remaining.
Go Off-Grid is available for all Powershare Home Backup systems with the required configurations and software versions For heavier loads that exceed what your Powershare Home Backup system can support, your home will automatically reconnect to the grid to support these loads.
To use the Go Off-Grid feature with Powershare Home Backup, you need:

Cybertruck with software version 2024.44 or later

Powershare Gateway with software version 24.44.3 or later

Tesla app version 4.45.0 or later
If you see an error message, your system may not be ready to take your home off the grid, for example if your vehicle is not plugged in or if your vehicle has reached its Powershare discharge limit. Go Off-Grid may also not work if your home’s power consumption is too high or there is a system fault. If Go Off-Grid is not working, get help from the Tesla app by completing the following steps:

In the Tesla app, tap ‘Support’ at the bottom of your energy system home screen.

On the bottom of the Support screen, tap the button to contact support.

Select your topic or issue and follow the prompts.
Lights in your home may flicker when disconnecting or reconnecting to the grid. This can also happen due to high-power usage, high solar energy production or when your vehicle is nearing full charge.

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