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Supercharger - Danvers, MA
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Supercharger cabinet placement has begun. And the arctic weather and high winds that came through last night took their toll on the fencing and comfort castle. Hopefully it had just been emptied recently 
- a nice blue river appears to have originated from said establishment.. For the crew, thankfully other options exist onsite until that sh$t-show is taken care of.
- a nice blue river appears to have originated from said establishment.. For the crew, thankfully other options exist onsite until that sh$t-show is taken care of.I couldn't stop to take a picture, but drove by last night and the pedestals have been installed.
All 12 pedestals installed as of today and some of the wiring has also been completed (2 spools now empty are onsite). Close(r) up of the plugs to confirm they're "just" the regular connectors. No transformer yet on the pad. Progress continues.....
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Looks like all wiring to pedestals is complete and the fencing is removed. No transformer installed yet unfortunately, and no Magic Docks... I did however have the town electrical inspector at my house this week and he mentioned they had/have to upgrade the power going there but didn't provide any more details on timing, etc.
Fencing removed is a clear sign the contractor is done at the site (other than, perhaps, seal coating / striping). On to the next job!
With Starbucks being built nearby, it's plausible that power for both will be done at the same time. This could lead to an extended delay before electrons will be flowing here, but we can try to stay positive it will be sooner.
With Starbucks being built nearby, it's plausible that power for both will be done at the same time. This could lead to an extended delay before electrons will be flowing here, but we can try to stay positive it will be sooner.
There are now reports of the Magic Docks being installed at a number of locations in NY and CA beyond the first site discovered a few days ago. While I do think they are still being deployed as part of a testing phase vs. wide roll-out, hopefully we'll soon see reports of them being enabled and we'll see some customer feedback on usability. I am personally very excited about Tesla adding the capability and believe Tesla will do so with existing site utilization and layout in mind. It is an initial deployment, and with everything Tesla does, they are studying how it goes, learning from it, and taking that knowledge to improve future deployments all the time.
I bet you're not excited as I am. I have a Kona.
V4 with longer cables will solve the parking problem in any future expansion.
A few site photos from this evening. Still no transformer; all poles near the site are still barren; asphalt repair, seal coating, striping remain to-do; bollard covers needed and light poles present on the ground but not mounted. The contractor will need to return to complete some work but probably once the weather supports doing the asphalt work if I had to guess. But still, pretty close to done.
Transformer is in! Charging only signs are in and the bollards around the transformer have been painted/covered. There were two electric trucks on-site when I was there earlier today so more work is actively ongoing. I'll do another checkin tonight/tomorrow AM to see where they leave off today, but it looked like they might be there to work on the power poles that extend down towards the Starbucks that's going in. My hunch is that there'll be underground power coming up to the first light pole (see the metal conduit next to the first pole in previous pictures) and then continuing down to the Starbucks location. It's getting there!
Still no meter. They're cutting the one tree down behind the cabinets today. They did asphalt repair last week and over the past week they've been running the new power lines on the poles that head down towards the Starbucks. Half the time the bucket trucks are taking over the charging spots.. The new light poles are not up yet next to the charging pedestals either so I'm not sure if that'll hold up activating this site or not.
Great update - as always, thanks! A little hard to tell, but it looks like they still need to run the primaries up the pole to make the connection there. And, I assume the overhead lines are not live yet if they are still stringing cable to poles towards the new Starbucks (I could be wrong on that - they could light up the run to the supercharger pole, and then add the lines to Starbucks later.
The contractor will typically repave and/or sealcoat the supercharging spaces and then re-stripe - doesn't look like that has been done yet. Striping these will be slightly different than in the past presumably as these are V4-capable bases so will be closer to space-center than im the past (let the complaints begin! 😒).
Light posts not being up has not delayed site opening in the past at a few locations - I think that task is one of the few that is sub'd out if I'm not mistaken.
The contractor will typically repave and/or sealcoat the supercharging spaces and then re-stripe - doesn't look like that has been done yet. Striping these will be slightly different than in the past presumably as these are V4-capable bases so will be closer to space-center than im the past (let the complaints begin! 😒).
Light posts not being up has not delayed site opening in the past at a few locations - I think that task is one of the few that is sub'd out if I'm not mistaken.
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