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Supercharger - Chugiak, AK
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Here are some pix from today, 13 Sept.
No. 1: Lead electrician listening to instructions from Tesla via that inconspicuous red earbud as how to proceed. This is the same contractor who installed the Soldotna SpC.
No. 1: Lead electrician listening to instructions from Tesla via that inconspicuous red earbud as how to proceed. This is the same contractor who installed the Soldotna SpC.
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Nos. 2 &3: Finishing the internal cabling. The electrician gave me a cutoff of the wiring used; perhaps I’ll share a pic tomorrow. I can’t eyeball the difference between 4/0 and 250 MCM, but it’s aluminum, not copper. Anyway, it’s rated to 1000V, rather than the more prosaic 600V.
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No.4: Details of the charger distribution box. I know that’s not the approved name, but I think it fits.
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No.5: Stake marks the site of where the transformer will be located. Chugach Elecric has not yet even run the cables from its primary site at this location, which is almost 80 yds away, around the rear side of the Three Bears building and completely under asphalt, so there is quite a lot for the utility co. to do before this SpC is operational.
We’re counting on the obvious, which is that SpCs will be stretched along the Parks Hwy before Tesla even starts along the Glenn/Richardson Rtes, which is our traditional travel route, as well as the only winter route (Our Denali Hwy, as all Alaskans know, is abandoned by the state for seven months out of each year). But if we get a full charge in Cantwell, drive carefully, and road & weather conditions are favorable, then from May through September we can make it home.
However, as others noted above, the 191 miles between this Chugiak location and Cantwell is a parlous stretch. The obvious intermediate location is the junction of the Parks and the Talkeetna “stub”, at that for,we “Diamond” location, which I’m seeing GoogleMaps is calling “So. Susitna”. That slices the hop into a 79 and a 111 mile, safer, two hops.
The electrician said he didn’t know, but “had heard” that Cantwell is next.
However, as others noted above, the 191 miles between this Chugiak location and Cantwell is a parlous stretch. The obvious intermediate location is the junction of the Parks and the Talkeetna “stub”, at that for,we “Diamond” location, which I’m seeing GoogleMaps is calling “So. Susitna”. That slices the hop into a 79 and a 111 mile, safer, two hops.
The electrician said he didn’t know, but “had heard” that Cantwell is next.
MEA's service area includes the communities of Eagle River, Chugiak, and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
I finally measured that cable. Much bigger than 4/0 - that, in aluminum, is 0.475”; this is almost 0.75” (both w/o sheathing).
MCM250 is 0.520”
MCM500 is 0.736” … so I’ll go with that.
My stub shows only the final “W-2” in the type code; a little sleuthing suggests that‘s XHHW-2, which has an ampacity rating of 310A @ 75*C and 350A @ 90*C.
Dang. Compared to 12ga Romex, it’s about as flexible as a 20 lb. I-beam.
MCM250 is 0.520”
MCM500 is 0.736” … so I’ll go with that.
My stub shows only the final “W-2” in the type code; a little sleuthing suggests that‘s XHHW-2, which has an ampacity rating of 310A @ 75*C and 350A @ 90*C.
Dang. Compared to 12ga Romex, it’s about as flexible as a 20 lb. I-beam.
Gulkana Glacier is melting faster than this progress
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It may be live! Per this twitter post. The “Tesla” are lit up. And the Tech in the photo is testing the thermal temp sensor in the connector wand with a cordless heat gun.
@Chuq @Big Earl @corywright
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