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Sharing this in case anyone else finds this helpful.

My house (I’m based in the US) has a 150A service, three Powerwalls and an existing ChargePoint on a 50A breaker that charges at 40A. I wanted to add an additional Tesla Gen 3 Wall Connector on a 60A breaker and still get the full 48A when capacity was available.

While most electricians immediately jumped to recommending a very expensive 200A panel upgrade, I was lucky to find a Tesla-certified electrician in my area who recommended installing Tesla’s new Remote Meter and configuring Dynamic Power Management.

The meter watches the load coming into my main panel, and the Tesla charger automatically slows down if the panel approaches 120A. My Powerwalls are also configured to stop or reduce grid charging when the site reaches 100A.

So, in practice, the Powerwalls give up their charging load first. If usage keeps climbing, the Tesla charger slows down next. The existing ChargePoint and the rest of the house continue operating normally.

I tested it with both cars charging. The house and ChargePoint were using around 16kW, while the Tesla charger was pulling another 11.4kW at nearly the full 48A. Total grid draw was 27.4kW, or roughly 114A. As expected, the Powerwalls stopped charging because we were already above their 100A threshold.

If the house had used more power and approached 120A, the Tesla charger would have automatically reduced its speed.

This setup cost a fraction of what I was quoted for a complete 200A upgrade, and I can use the house normally without manually coordinating appliances or charging schedules.

Final setup

- Existing ChargePoint on a 50A breaker, charging at 40A continuous
- Tesla Gen 3 Wall Connector on a 60A breaker, capable of 48A continuous
- Tesla Remote Meter connected to the Gen 3 Wall Connector
- Three Powerwalls configured with a 100A site-import limit
- Wall Connector Dynamic Power Management configured with a 120A maximum conductor limit

I exclusively charge my cars and powerwalls at night since I’m on a free nights plan.

Obviously, this won’t work for every house. You still need a licensed electrician to check your actual loads, panel, wiring and service capacity. But if your regular household demand is reasonable, the Tesla Remote Meter and a Gen 3 Wall Connector may let you safely add a higher-powered charger without immediately jumping to a costly service upgrade more often than you’d think

Sharing something I recently installed on my M3 Highland. I added a shortcut-button panel beneath the center screen on the charging pad because I still miss having quick access to a few physical controls.

It looks much more factory-like than I expected, especially at night with the ambient lighting. The buttons can handle things like the doors, locks, hazard lights, seat controls, and trunks while still allowing full use of the charging pad

It’s a small convenience improvement especially for my parents who still struggle to open the doors from the outside handles, and when I need to adjust the front seats for my daughter’s car seat

Cost: $80 plus tax after discount (they always have this sale from what I’ve seen)

Functions (left to right) - can’t be updated, control list is fixed

1. Open driver rear door
2. Open passenger front door
3. Open passenger rear door
4. One tap - Open glovebox; long press - toggle child lock
5. One tap - hazard light; long press - switch between led strip colors
6. Move passenger front seat backward
7. Move passenger front seat forward
8. Open/close trunk
9. Open/close frunk (default is open only but I have power frunk installed so it toggles)

Edit: I couldn’t share the product link on the post for whatever reason so I added the link and install videos as a comments

Been shopping around for a couple weeks now for a pre-owned M3 or MY in the $35,000 price point. Found this beauty at a Toyota dealership not too far from me

2025 Model 3 Long Range
19k miles
Pearl white with black interior

$36,000 out the door including taxes, title and registration

This little travel router just got promoted to permanent travel companion on all our trips. It may be the smallest things in my backpack but it’s carrying the biggest workload on this transatlantic flight!

One airport Wi-Fi login. One hotel captive portal. One VPN connection.

The whole family just connects like we're at home.

No more:
• "What's the Wi-Fi password?"
• "Can you log me in again?"
• "Why isn't the baby monitor connecting?"

It's basically a tiny network engineer that fits in my backpack. I know there’s so many other solutions that do the same thing but just the seamless FAF (family acceptance factor) on this one knocks it out of the park ✈️ 😊