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DS_003: Tesla Powerwall 3 Datasheet (2024) — integrated solar+battery unit, 13.5 kWh AC / up to 11.04 kW AC; 89%…

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DS_003: Tesla Powerwall 3 Datasheet (2024) — integrated solar+battery unit, 13.5 kWh AC / up to 11.04 kW AC; 89%…

Source

https://www.tesla.com/powerwall — original source (opens in a new tab; the file is not redistributed)

Tesla Powerwall 3 Datasheet (2024)

Primary manufacturer datasheet — the canonical source behind the CR_008 RTE boundary (RT_093)

Tesla Powerwall 3 is an integrated solar-inverter + LFP-battery home unit: 13.5 kWh AC storage, up to 11.04 kW AC continuous per unit, up to 20 kW DC solar input across 3 MPPTs. The two efficiency figures the wiki quoted secondhand via CR_008 are confirmed at primary level and named exactly: 89% “Solar to Battery to Home/Grid Efficiency” (the full solar-charged path — PV → battery → AC discharge, at 25 °C, beginning of life, 3.3 kW charge/discharge, “typical solar shifting use case”) and 97.5% “Solar to Home/Grid Efficiency” (PV pass-through, no battery). Grid connection is Australia and New Zealand, 230 VAC / 50 Hz single phase — directly NZ-applicable. ⚠ The 89% is a solar-charged full-path figure that INCLUDES the PV-conversion leg; it is NOT the grid-charged AC-AC battery round-trip the NI engine’s batt_rte meters (see NI relevance).

Summary

Official Tesla technical datasheet for the Powerwall 3, a fully integrated residential solar-and-battery unit combining a solar inverter (up to 20 kW DC PV, 3 Maximum Power Point Trackers) with a 13.5 kWh AC LFP battery and up to 11.04 kW AC continuous output in a single wall/floor-mounted enclosure. This is the primary source RT_093 was opened to retrieve: CR_008 (a Perplexity synthesis) quoted the 89% full solar→battery→home round-trip efficiency and the 97.5% inverter boundary but at second hand; this datasheet confirms both figures verbatim and — more usefully — gives their exact datasheet labels and measurement footnotes, which pin down the boundary each one refers to. Grid connection is certified for Australia and New Zealand (230 VAC, 50 Hz, single phase), so the unit’s ratings apply directly to the NZ residential/community context. The datasheet covers system electrical ratings, solar/MPPT limits, environmental envelope (–20 °C to 50 °C, IP55/IP67, 3000 m altitude), mechanical (1105 × 609 × 193 mm, 130 kg), compliance (IEC 62619, UL 1973, UL 9540A, AS 4777.2), and the companion Backup Gateway 2. It carries no price and no capacity-retention/degradation schedule (only a 10-year comprehensive warranty is stated) — those remain with CR_008 (NZ pricing) and a separate Tesla warranty document (retention curve).

Key claims

- claim: "Efficiency boundary (the two figures RT_093 sought). 'Solar to Battery to Home/Grid Efficiency: 89%' (footnotes 1,3) and 'Solar to Home/Grid Efficiency: 97.5%'. Footnote 1: 'Values provided for 25°C (77°F), at beginning of life. 3.3 kW charge/discharge power.' Footnote 3: 'Typical solar shifting use case.' The 89% is the full solar-charged path (PV → battery → AC discharge to home/grid); the 97.5% is the PV pass-through path (solar → home/grid, no battery). The marketing summary states the same 97.5% as 'Solar-to-grid efficiency 97.5%'."
  source_location: "System Technical Specifications table (rows 'Solar to Battery to Home/Grid Efficiency 89%' and 'Solar to Home/Grid Efficiency 97.5%') + footnotes 1 & 3"
- claim: "Energy and power ratings (per unit). Nominal Battery Energy 13.5 kWh AC; Nominal Output Power (AC) 5 kW / 10 kW / 11.04 kW; Maximum Apparent Power 5,000 VA / 10,000 VA / 11,040 VA; Maximum Continuous Current 21.7 A / 43.5 A / 48 A; Overcurrent Protection Device 32 A / 50 A / 63 A; Maximum Continuous Charge Power 5 kW; Maximum Output Fault Current 160 A; Maximum Short-Circuit Current Rating 10 kA; Load Start Capability 185 locked rotor amps (LRA); Power Scalability up to 4 Powerwall 3 units per installation (footnote 2: max units per installation may vary by market). Intro prose: 'supporting up to 20 kW DC of solar and providing up to 11.04 kW AC of continuous power per unit … store up to 13.5 kWh of energy and start heavy loads rated up to 185 A LRA.' Marketing summary lists On-Grid Power and Backup Power as 'Up to 10 kW, depending on local conditions.'"
  source_location: "System Technical Specifications table + footnote 2; intro prose (top); marketing summary box"
- claim: "Grid / electrical interface. Nominal Grid Voltage (Input & Output) 230 VAC; Grid Type single phase; Frequency 50 Hz; Output Power Factor Rating 0–1 (Grid Code configurable); Supported Islanding Device Backup Gateway 2; AC Metering Revenue Grade (+/- 0.5%); Model Number 1707000-xx-y; Warranty 10 years, comprehensive parts and labour. Grid Connection certified for 'Australia and New Zealand'."
  source_location: "System Technical Specifications table; Compliance Information — Grid Connection row"
- claim: "Solar / PV input. Maximum Solar STC Input 20 kW; Withstand Voltage 600 V DC; PV DC Input Voltage Range 60–550 V DC; PV DC MPPT Voltage Range 60–480 V DC; MPPTs 3; Maximum Current per MPPT (Imp) 26 A; Maximum Short Circuit Current per MPPT (Isc) 30 A."
  source_location: "Solar Technical Specifications table"
- claim: "Environmental envelope. Operating Temperature –20°C to 50°C (footnote 5: performance may be de-rated above 40°C); Operating Humidity up to 100%, condensing; Storage Temperature –20°C to 30°C (up to 95% RH, non-condensing, initial State of Energy 25%); Maximum Elevation 3000 m; Indoor and outdoor rated; Enclosure Rating IP55; Ingress Rating IP67 (Battery & Power Electronics), IP55 (Wiring Compartment); Pollution Rating PD3; Operating Noise @ 1 m < 50 dB(A) typical, < 62 dB(A) maximum. Flood resistant up to 0.6 m (marketing summary)."
  source_location: "Environmental Specifications table + footnote 5; marketing summary (flood 0.6 m)"
- claim: "Mechanical + compliance/safety. Dimensions 1105 × 609 × 193 mm (glass front cover installed); Weight 130 kg; Mounting floor or wall. Certifications: IEC 61000-6-1:2016, IEC 61000-6-3:2020, IEC 62477-1:2022, IEC 62109-1:2010, IEC 62109-2:2011, IEC 62933-5-2:2020, IEC 62619:2022, UL 1973, UL 9540A, AS 4777.2. Seismic AC156, IEEE 693-2005 (high). Fire testing meets the unit-level performance criteria of UL 9540A. Environmental RoHS 2011/65/EU, REACH EC 1907/2006."
  source_location: "Mechanical Specifications + Compliance Information tables + footnote 6"
- claim: "Backup Gateway 2 (companion islanding/energy-management device). AC Voltage (Nominal) 230 V (Line-to-Neutral) / 400 V (Line-to-Line); Feed-In Type Single Phase, Three Phase; Grid Frequency 50 Hz; Maximum Overcurrent Protection Device 100 A (single-phase service) / 80 A (2- or 3-phase service); Maximum Input Short Circuit Current 10 kA; Overvoltage Category III; AC Meter revenue accurate (+/- 0.2%, footnote 7: when using Gateway internal site meter); Warranty 10 years; Dimensions 584 × 380 × 127 mm; Weight 11.4 kg. In Backup mode it controls grid connection, detects outage, and provides backup power."
  source_location: "Backup Gateway 2 Specifications (Electrical / Environmental / Mechanical) + footnote 7"

Neobiome Intelligence relevance

This is the primary artefact behind RT_093 and it feeds D01 (renewable energy & storage). Its value to Neobiome Intelligence is threefold.

  • It resolves the RTE-boundary provenance for D01. The engine’s battery round-trip efficiency parameter has been carried on secondhand quotes (CR_008: “use 89%”; CR_036: 0.88 AC-AC anchored on NREL ATB). This datasheet gives the number at primary level with its exact label: the 89% is “Solar to Battery to Home/Grid Efficiency” — a solar-charged full path (PV DC → battery → AC discharge to home/grid), measured at 25 °C, beginning of life, 3.3 kW charge/discharge, “typical solar shifting use case,” and the 97.5% is “Solar to Home/Grid Efficiency” (PV straight through the inverter, no battery). CR_008’s number and boundary were correct; this page removes the “via Perplexity quote” caveat RT_093 was opened to remove.
  • ⚠ Boundary caution — do NOT drop 89% into batt_rte as an AC-AC battery round-trip. The engine meters AC and its batt_rte is a grid-in→grid-out (or PV-charged) battery-only AC-AC round-trip. The datasheet’s 89% is a solar→battery→home/grid path that already includes the PV-conversion (MPPT/inverter) leg, so it is a different, wider boundary than the pure battery round-trip. This datasheet does not publish a grid-charged AC-AC battery-only RTE. The engine’s current 0.88 AC-AC value (CR_036, NREL ATB-anchored) remains the defensible battery-only figure; the 89% here should be used only where the modelled path is solar-charged storage (which is close to the NI off-grid use case), and even then it is a solar-shifting best case (25 °C, beginning of life). ⚠ This datasheet traces a CR_036 error. CR_036 cited a “Tesla Megapack 2 89% AC-AC round-trip” — that attribution is simply wrong, not merely “a different product.” The 89% is not a Megapack round-trip figure at all; it is this Powerwall 3 datasheet’s “Solar to Battery to Home/Grid Efficiency” (89%) — a solar-charged full-path number (PV → battery → AC) — misread onto the Megapack. (CR_036’s own 2026-06-22 audit note already flags the 89% as not matching the real Megapack 2, which the actual Megapack datasheet gives as 92–94% AC-AC.) The genuine battery-only AC-AC value for the engine stays 0.88 (NREL ATB 85% leg); the 89% must not be read as a Megapack figure or as a grid-charged battery round-trip. The CR_036 page has been annotated with this correction.
  • NZ-applicable component ratings for community sizing (D01). Grid connection is certified for Australia and New Zealand at 230 VAC / 50 Hz single phase, so the unit’s headline ratings are directly usable as an NZ off-grid/resilience storage building block: 13.5 kWh AC per unit, up to 11.04 kW AC continuous, up to 4 units per installation (≈ 54 kWh / ~44 kW AC), 20 kW DC solar per unit across 3 MPPTs, 185 A LRA motor-start, IP55/IP67, –20 °C to 50 °C. These are equipment ratings (not installed cost) and complement the NZ installed-price envelope already held in CR_008 (NZD 14,000–24,000/unit installed; Tesla NZ list 1 PW3 + 2 expansion = NZD $34,300 hardware-only) and the Tesla Powerwall pack-cost anchor in LIT_031.

Scope note: the datasheet carries no cost and no capacity-retention/cycle-life schedule (only a 10-year comprehensive warranty). Degradation and installed price stay with the existing CR_008 / CR_036 evidence; this page is the ratings-and-efficiency primary, not a cost or lifecycle source.

Research targets

Resolved

  • RT_093 (RESOLVED → this page). Tesla Powerwall 3 official datasheet retrieved and read verbatim. It confirms both figures at primary level: 89% “Solar to Battery to Home/Grid Efficiency” and 97.5% “Solar to Home/Grid Efficiency” (System Technical Specifications). Note the datasheet’s own label for the 97.5% figure is “Solar to Home/Grid Efficiency” (a PV pass-through boundary), not the “97.5% peak inverter efficiency” phrasing RT_093 carried from the CR_008 gloss — the figure matches; the exact boundary term is corrected here.

Notes

Primary manufacturer datasheet (Tesla Powerwall 3 Datasheet, 7-page A4 PDF, “2024” printed on every spec page; PDF CreationDate 2024-08-16). Read verbatim via pdftotext -layout; data_quality: verified — every quantitative claim traces to a specific spec-table cell.

⚠ Marketing summary box NOT used for figures. The marketing summary box is garbled in OCR (‘1,099 x 609 x 193 mᏂ’, ‘¯Äk¹ of continuous power’, ‘Scaâaåâe’, ‘Instaââation’) and rounds/abbreviates. All figures are taken from the clean technical-specification tables. Where the summary and the spec table conflict, the spec table wins: the Mechanical Specifications dimensions are 1105 × 609 × 193 mm, not the “1,099” shown in the garbled summary.

⚠ 89% boundary is load-bearing — see NI relevance. The 89% is “Solar to Battery to Home/Grid Efficiency” (a solar-charged full path incl. PV conversion), NOT a grid-charged AC-AC battery-only round-trip. Do not substitute it directly for the engine’s batt_rte AC-AC value (0.88, CR_036) without matching the modelled charge path. This same 89% is the figure CR_036 mis-attributed to the Tesla Megapack 2 (corrected on that page).

url set to the stable tesla.com/powerwall product page; the exact datasheet PDF lives on Tesla’s energylibrary.tesla.com, recorded by CR_036 as 403-blocked to automated fetch (the raw here was obtained as a downloaded PDF). context: ni — the calibration value is the efficiency boundary + NZ-applicable ratings. ds_ (tech-datasheet) source; single-file raw filed under source-files/03_data/.

Connections

Links to

Sources (3): CR_008 · CR_036 · LIT_031

Referenced by

Sources (1): CR_036

EDT domains (1): D01: Renewable Energy & Storage Systems

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