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Supercharger - Altoona, PA
- Thread starter ScrawnyB
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I assume you are an English teacher since you like to correct people. There are 7 stalls genius - I even took both shoes off to count just for you since I am a stupid local.Paragraphs would be nice. I assume you’re a local despite your very discrete username
My count was incorrect. However, the last pedestal hasn’t been installed yet. My bad
Excellent catch! I didn't even notice that pedestal when I was there, another forward pull-in station, nice!
First of all , pscarroll , excellent set of pictures, thank you. That platform with the empty slot is where the transformer sits. It appears there are not yet cables in place so that might be what the trench is for as someone mentioned.
What puzzles me is I don’t see the grey connection cabinets or maybe I’m just missing them? They provide a connection for the power from the transformer to the white Supercharger cabinets.
What puzzles me is I don’t see the grey connection cabinets or maybe I’m just missing them? They provide a connection for the power from the transformer to the white Supercharger cabinets.
Oops, I think the distribution cabinets ( correct nomenclature) will be placed where the small white boxes are sitting now. Those small boxes are autotransformers used to get the voltages at the correct level for the Superchargers.
I was really hoping this supercharger location open by Thanksgiving to simplify my travels. However, it seems that average time is somewhere in the 45-60 days from what I can tell so far, so that would have it open right around or shortly before Christmas time.
Anyone in here have better insight into how quickly Sheetz has moved on some of the more recent supercharger installs?
Anyone in here have better insight into how quickly Sheetz has moved on some of the more recent supercharger installs?
davidswelt
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Can't say that, but I'm not sure if it's a matter of Sheetz. At the Bellefonte (Weis) supercharger it took quite some time for West Penn or whoever to inspect the installation and activate the power after everything was done. As for the physical install: who manages that work, and who owns the installation? Presumably Tesla, not Sheetz -no?
davidswelt
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Construction ongoing today, they are rolling out thick cables into the ground and to the supercharger cabinets, and the missing stall is now there!
They are actively working and I wouldn't walk into an active or inactive fenced construction site. Not only is that illegal, it's unsafe. Easy to just take pictures over the fence, as I did above.
Thanks! Just a cellphone (Caterpillar S61)and lifted it up high and over the chain link fence. The job site is in the parking lot so easy to access the fringes without getting in the way, though I didn't take images all around the site fence perimeter as they were actively working and didn't want them complaining and getting us all banned or something from taking pictures in the future. The trench on the side is now filled in so not sure what they were doing, perhaps hooking into the underground powerline or something, can't confirm as the trench was empty last time I looked and covered up now. Still don't see a transformer, but once the underground cabling is finished I guess that's when they put the transformer in. I though about asking them when it would be done, but didn't want to bother them.
The Sheetz is really nice, but some of the people are kinda shady. Was at the urinal in the bathroom and some guy was asking everyone where the nearest pain clinic was (i.e. where can I get some opiate/drug pills). Was kinda awkward being quizzed while I whizzed. So maybe this place is a drug haven? Again the Sheetz inside is really nice.
Shouldn't be that bad, but any area can have its unsavory clientele. If it is a drug haven, Sheetz takes steps to put in special blue lights in the bathroom to combat junkies using their bathrooms to shoot up. Sounds like you just happened to be there at the wrong time.
Its a good place, safe. I know many of the locals that work there (what you encountered was unusual) as well as the local police. Its actually the Sheetz Flagship location. The Sheetz family are know to us - very nice people. I stand corrected - yes - 8 chargers including 2 pull ins - but clearly not the best set up - if you pull in on the one site with a trailer - you will be blocking the other 2 on the side ! Its a welcome to our region. We have had a number of our local professionals now approach us to ask specifically about Teslas and they are now finally starting to look into purchasing. We are excited because we get free "fuel" with lifetime free supercharging !
pscarroll - what are you driving ? I will be on the lookout for you when I stop in to charge ! We go back and forth to NC frequently and take the I-81 corridor all the way to Asheville. I feel very comfortable making the trip and know the location of every supercharger along the route. Visiting my family in Buffalo however is an entirely different story unfortunately..... after Dubois, there is no other charger until you get all the way to Buffalo, and even that charger is actually 10 miles north of Buffalo when all of my family lives on the south side. Hoping for the Salamanca and the other Buffalo superchargers to be open sometime soon as I wanted to visit for XMas. Same issue going to NYC - given the population density - there are just too few superchargers for me to feel comfortable to go to Queens - and a whole lot of traffic !
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