# Storm Guard

### What is Storm Guard

Storm Guard is a battery protection feature based on weather alerts. When the system detects that severe weather is approaching in your area, it will automatically charge the battery to 100% at maximum power, ensuring you have sufficient backup power during possible outages.

During Storm Guard charging, the system will not sell power to the grid, nor will it discharge for any other reason. All stored energy will be reserved entirely for your home emergency use. After the weather alert ends, the system will automatically resume normal operation.

### How to enable it

Before using Storm Guard, please make sure you have filled in your complete home address in the App settings. The system needs your**country, state/province, city**information to check local weather alerts. If this information is missing, Storm Guard will not be able to obtain weather conditions in your area.

After the address is set, enable Storm Guard in the App. The system will immediately check whether there are any active weather warnings in your area.

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Please make sure your home address is set correctly so the system can obtain accurate weather data.
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### What happens after enabling Storm Guard

Storm Guard monitors official weather alerts in your area every hour, and only starts when the local meteorological department issues a**Warning level**alert. This means severe weather has been confirmed or is imminent. Typical scenarios include storm warnings, hurricane warnings, extreme weather warnings, and more.

Lower-level alerts will not trigger Storm Guard, because they indicate only mild weather anomalies or uncertain threats.

After it starts:

* The battery charges at full power to **100%**
* Continue charging until the weather alert expires
* During charging, the battery is reserved for home use only—it will not sell power to the grid, nor will it perform any scheduled discharging
* Storm Guard has higher priority than all other dispatches, including power trading and AI mode (Beta)

After the weather alert is lifted, Storm Guard automatically releases control, and your normal settings will be restored—usually within one hour.

### FAQ

1. **Storm Guard is enabled, but charging did not start.** This means there is currently no warning-level weather alert in your area. Storm Guard only starts during confirmed severe weather. Please check whether your home address (country, state/province, city) is fully filled in—missing this information will prevent the system from querying weather data in your area.
2. **Unable to sell power or discharge during the storm.** This is normal. During a weather warning, Storm Guard locks the battery to keep it fully charged for home use. Power trading plans and AI mode will be temporarily paused until the alert is lifted.
3. **What happens after the storm?** After the weather warning is lifted, Storm Guard will automatically stop charging and unlock the battery. Your normal scheduling plans (power trading, AI mode, etc.) will resume within one hour.
4. **What happens if I manually turn off Storm Guard?** All pending Storm Guard charging plans will be canceled immediately, and your normal scheduling plans will resume right away.


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