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Supercharger - Burlington VT
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Kalud
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are they going to keep that bobcat on site each winter? it'll be interesting to see how they plow the snow from this arrangement...
On second thought, it's probably not really worse than any other siting with a curb/island on one end. It'll just be two places the plow contractor has to 'drag' snow from....
On second thought, it's probably not really worse than any other siting with a curb/island on one end. It'll just be two places the plow contractor has to 'drag' snow from....
Nikxice
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Terrific news Todd! I'm not sure, but those look like young Vermont maples turning. Along with photographing Supercharger progress, the background foliage should start to add some interesting color.
I don't see a canopy on the plans. I hope Tesla has a plan for fixing 1B and 3B when they get hit with plows....
The presence of the current bushes on the island (to be replaced with Tesla supercharge cabinets) indicate they don't typically pile snow there. So maybe it won't be too bad.
ToddRLockwood
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ToddRLockwood
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That photo shows a horizontal boring machine, allowing feed cables to be run under the pavement to the transformer. Tesla's original site plan only shows 5 superchargers, but I believe it was likely expanded by the time the project was approved.
Cool. Plans (Todd's post #55) do show 6, but they've clearly cut pavement for 8...
don't see they'd need a boring machine for cabinet to plug (they've already cut pavement to be replace by a 'curb'), but they do have ~60 feet between the cabinets and the transformer (based on reading plans...)
ToddRLockwood
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ToddRLockwood
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Eight bays indeed. (The eighth stanchion is mounted at 90-degrees to the others. Cars park on both sides.) These guys are flying with this installation! Typically, there's a delay between the construction and the utility hookup. Hopefully, this site will be functional by Thanksgiving.
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I just scanned through the last few pages of the Brattleboro. It looks like construction was completed around 1/8/15, and went live a week later.
Green Mountain Power services both Brattleboro and South Burlington, so let's hope that bodes well for a quick hookup here.
ToddRLockwood
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I know Mary Powell, the CEO of Green Mountain Power. She is very excited to see this installation in South Burlington. GMP was the first utility in the U.S. to become a dealer for Tesla's Power Wall. So at least in this instance the utility understands the significance of a Supercharger.
At the Hooksett, NH Superchargers (on I-93 North & South) there was a delay between construction and grid hookup, but this was not in GMP's territory.
Does anyone have any suggestions for charging in Burlington while we wait for the supercharger to open? I'll be charging in West Lebanon on the way up to burlington Friday night. spending the night in Burlington and then Saturday morning heading over to Hill Farmstead in Greensboro Bend, VT on Saturday for some beer tasting and then returning to Burlington. I'll need to top off my battery friday night before the trek to Greensboro Bend and will then need to charge again saturday night for a few before commuting back to West Lebanon. Any good charging suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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