They used to advocate 7.9kW AC/DC per Powerwall. That number may have gone down recently. Coupling an inverter on the line side of the backup gateway will resolve your issue of meeting homeowner demand. Tesla will want you to add a CT to that inverter to ensure it does not mess up their monitoring system, though that may already be incorrectly configured and not monitoring the whole home if the system is backup only.
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