David Rhee
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Stopped by this evening. It's still not active. I had to take a detour to W. Hartford SC to charge...
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Supercharger - Auburn MA
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DNAinaGoodWay
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juliusa
Active Member
I was thinking "by Christmas" when they publicly announced the general location of this supercharger (Sturbridge at the time) back in June. Christmas, 2013.
I'll be back that way early February. Fingers crossed.
I'll be back that way early February. Fingers crossed.
HankLloydRight
No Roads
This is sounds like my Solarcity install. They installed the solar panels in early September.
I'm still waiting for my local utility to swap the meter so I can turn this thing on.
I'm still waiting for my local utility to swap the meter so I can turn this thing on.
Benz
Active Member
Something similar could probably happen in Auburn, MA too.
It's weird that the process of "getting the clearance to turn it on" sometimes can take more time than the process of construction of the whole Supercharger station.
FWIW, these sites are with two different utilities. Sagamore is in the NStar service territory, whlie Auburn is served by National Grid.
Benz
Active Member
juliusa
Active Member
It took 18 months from when Tesla publicly announced this supercharger until they built it, so waiting on the utility for a month or two does not add much to the timeframe. It will get done, and all will be well.
timdorr
Model S P90D w/AP3.0
Down in Florida, the Ocala Supercharger took a full 2 months from end of construction until it was activated. Utilities are often the bottleneck. But to be fair, getting such a large request for power capacity fulfilled is both abnormal and time-consuming on their end. Dropping 750kW on a Dunkin Donuts is not usually on their agenda
DNAinaGoodWay
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DNAinaGoodWay
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Well, this should get your hopes up. There is a very large 480 volt generator on a trailer, parked in front of the fence, with cables running in to the chargers/distribution area. Pics when I get home. It's not running, and there's no one here, but obviously testing is to begin soon. Guessing that must happen before transformer is turned on? Should be live soon.
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Come to think of it, saw some National Grid trucks coming from this direction as I was nearing here. Maybe it was just tested?
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Come to think of it, saw some National Grid trucks coming from this direction as I was nearing here. Maybe it was just tested?
Cottonwood
Roadster#433, Model S#S37
Tesla sometimes tests a Supercharger with a generator when the Supercharger is done except for the Utility Transformer connection and a test crew is available. It's a good sign that they are doing the testing, but a bad sign that the Utility Transformer is not connected.
DNAinaGoodWay
Member
A step in the right direction anyway. Meter is still off, but the trench repairs are complete. Here's your pics:
timdorr
Model S P90D w/AP3.0
I do hope this site is up running by Sat. I am taking a friend to Logan airport (180 miles round trip)and with the cold temps reducing the car's range, I don't feel comfortable making the trip via 84/MA pike. Without Auburn, I will have to go through RI on the return trip. Yes I know that I cold stop at the Niatic Mall, but I can't plan/trust that the limited HPWC in the parking garage will be available, so close to Christmas.
Thanks for the updates.
Thanks for the updates.
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