Supercharger - Clayton, NM

[AudreyHTX1]

Nice fast charging in Clayton NM. Nice grocery store too for picking up a few supplies.

From here a very easy run over Raton Pass to Trinidad SC. Great weather today!

 

[texas_star_TM3]

Clayton is one of our favorite SCs on the way to Taos / NM ... nice supermarket too and good break to grab a snack, stock up on groceries and get a fast/full charge

 

[Cigar Man]

Went through back in June on the way to Denver. Agree that’s a very good SC. But we had an eight year old with us, so we wound up at the Pizza Hut across the street.

 

[AudreyHTX1]

Charged here yesterday and easily made it all the way to Pueblo even with a couple of stops, thus skipping the Trinidad chargers.

They are so tightly spaced though! DH could barely get out the passengers side door without hitting the concrete post. We pulled into the first spot and not nearly far enough because the car was complaining about a very close forward obstacle (may have been the bumper?) And the charger cord reached. I see from my photo last year we were in the 2nd spot and pulled in much farther so didn’t have this trouble. We also realized the last spot has more space and sure enough that’s where the next Tesla went.

 

[houstonian]

Charged here yesterday and easily made it all the way to Pueblo even with a couple of stops, thus skipping the Trinidad chargers.

They are so tightly spaced though! DH could barely get out the passengers side door without hitting the concrete post. We pulled into the first spot and not nearly far enough because the car was complaining about a very close forward obstacle (may have been the bumper?). I see from my photo last year we were in the 2nd spot and pulled in much farther so didn’t have this trouble. We also realized the last spot has more space and sure enough that’s where the next Tesla went.

One trick you can do at some SC’ers - including Clayton - is park ‘horizontally‘ (along side) instead of ‘vertically’ (pulling in) for stall(s) on the outside.

At Clayton this means backing up to the first post (the post closest to the entrance to the supermarket and the only bay this logically works at) so the charge port is close to the plug. Saves you from having to negotiate the tight spots there, at least for one of the chargers.

 

[gt2690b]

Charged here yesterday and easily made it all the way to Pueblo even with a couple of stops, thus skipping the Trinidad chargers.

They are so tightly spaced though! DH could barely get out the passengers side door without hitting the concrete post. We pulled into the first spot and not nearly far enough because the car was complaining about a very close forward obstacle (may have been the bumper?) And the charger cord reached. I see from my photo last year we were in the 2nd spot and pulled in much farther so didn’t have this trouble. We also realized the last spot has more space and sure enough that’s where the next Tesla went.

There's a pretty nice CCS charger in Colorado City if you have an adapter it's only 15 cents per kwh but also maxes at 75kw

High Octane Barbeque | Colorado City, CO | EV Station

One Tritium 75 kW DCFC with dual CCS ports. Max output 920 V at 200 A (75 kW). On the ZEF Energy network as "San Isabel DCFC", station number 62200305.

www.plugshare.com

 

[electrons4u]

This was a cool station with the pull-in stalls, but I got there about 10:30p so nothing around was open. It was about half busy, maybe because of people like me returning from the total solar eclipse in Dallas.

 

[AudreyHTX1]

Wow, you’re returning much later than most folks. Most had cleared out after the 10th as you could see from charger usage maps. Maybe you returned last week too and are just now posting.

 

[electrons4u]

Wow, you’re returning much later than most folks. Most had cleared out after the 10th as you could see from charger usage maps. Maybe you returned last week too and are just now posting.

Heh, heh, sorry, I didn't say what day I hit that Supercharger. It was April 9.