Todd Burch
14-Year Member
Thanks deonb/RandyS. My 3-phase knowledge is rusty...my electrical engineering class was only 13 years ago!
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Supercharger - Darien CT Rest Area
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Thanks deonb/RandyS. My 3-phase knowledge is rusty...my electrical engineering class was only 13 years ago!
NigelM
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Nice to have lots of these maps, but I wonder if we can't combine them somehow? Note there are two others on this thread also: Map-of-current-upcoming-and-suspected-Tesla-Superchargers
goneskiian
Active Member
Maybe I missed it but nobody commented on the solar panels on the roof of the gas station island in the background. Are those new and related to the Superchargers? What? Way up in Connecticut? 
Congrats! Looks further along than our new station here in Washington!
Cheers!
Congrats! Looks further along than our new station here in Washington!
Cheers!
you might want to join forces with forum use daxz.
He maintains a similar map with nifty features. check it out: Tesla Supercharger Map estimator
He maintains a similar map with nifty features. check it out: Tesla Supercharger Map estimator
Maybe I missed it but nobody commented on the solar panels on the roof of the gas station island in the background. Are those new and related to the Superchargers? What? Way up in Connecticut?
Oh! I was so focused on the Superchargers that I didn't even notice. (blush) Cool.
Maybe I missed it but nobody commented on the solar panels on the roof of the gas station island in the background. Are those new and related to the Superchargers? What? Way up in Connecticut?
I noted this in the duplicate copy of this thread. It is rather ironic Mobil installed them before Tesla. Someone speculated that they might be related to the Supercharger installation, but I find it rather doubtful that Tesla would be working with Mobil or the franchisee on the project.
Not so doubtful. Mobil doesnt own the station they just lease the space like Tesla is. Why construct a canopy when an existing barren roof already exists?
BTW good catch Aaron. I used the Milford charges yesterday for the first time. I have to say VERY COOL!
BTW good catch Aaron. I used the Milford charges yesterday for the first time. I have to say VERY COOL!
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When I'm out at Teslive next month, I'll see if I can find the right person to ask about those solar panels in Darien & Milford - I certainly hope they're related to the superchargers! I don't believe I remember seeing them at other CT Service Areas that are not supercharger equipped...
Aaron
I think they are building all superchargers with 2 bays initially, but generally negotiate for 8-10 parking spots, to convert into superchargers as needed. Theres more to superchargers than just the bays, theres lots of stuff in the electrical backend, so adding bays may not be the time-consuming part here.
AprilDelivery??
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I was driving to the Milford supercharger on 6/5/13 and on the way I saw they closed down the Darien service area for construction for a few days. I saw they had a tall crane above the Mobil gas station roof. That must have been them installing the solar panels before they installed the superchargers. Its a hug project to build a supercharger because they have to lift those huge solar panels on top the roof. So it must take 2-4 weeks to do that.
CapitalistOppressor
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It's for tax reasons, and green credits. When determining eligibility for tax credits for parking lots the applicable legislation doesn't reference "Tesla"
The specific language "Reserved for Low Emitting / Fuel Efficient Vehicles" is required for LEED certification from the USGBC. And LEED certification allows you to capture a number of other incentives available for operating a green facility.
Here an example of the pilot credit that this installation is likely meant to satisfy. Note that a battery swapper would also qualify for this credit -
Green vehicles | U.S. Green Building Council
Two weeks ago i took a trip along the Merritt Pkwy and i solar panels on several of the recently refurbished rest areas there, so i'm guessing it's part of the state's greening efforts? I know Tesla has said that "eventually" all the superchargers will have panels.
It's for tax reasons, and green credits. When determining eligibility for tax credits for parking lots the applicable legislation doesn't reference "Tesla"
The specific language "Reserved for Low Emitting / Fuel Efficient Vehicles" is required for LEED certification from the USGBC. And LEED certification allows you to capture a number of other incentives available for operating a green facility.
Hopefully they may add a second sign saying something like "Please only park here if you can charge at a Tesla Supercharger." It would be bad if Leafs or Volts started parking here and effectively ICEd us.
I took my 2 day old "S" on a Supercharger run up to Milford yesterday afternoon (just to check it out). I pulled into the Northbound service center and the chargers were off line, being worked on by a tech. He said one of the chargers was acting up and asked if I needed a "big" charge. I said I only needed a 15 minute top up, so he brought one of the chargers back online for me (since we could see that both chargers on the Southbound side were in use). While I was charging I chatted with the tech. Turns out he is actually an engineer on the Supercharger design team based in Palo Alto that flew out for a short visit to the Newark and Milford chargers. He said that he thought all of the first gen chargers would be replaced with new hardware/software in 2-3 months (including the faster charging and longer charging cables). I asked about the solar array over the gas pumps and he didn't know if they were Tesla's or not. He did not know when Darien would go live (the guys doing new Supercharger buildouts are a different team). I asked about Greenwich and he had no idea about the location.
After a quick 70 mile boost I was ready to go, the tech asked me to try out the other charger for him, which was now working fine (something about a crimped wire coming loose) and I went on my way.
Checked out the Southbound chargers on the turnaround which were being used by two black S's (85 and P85) with NJ plates.
So I volunteered to my wife to make a Whole Foods run to Darien so I could check out the Supercharger there. The setup at the Northbound rest area looks identical to the Southbound Milford one. The charging cable looks about twice as long as the ones in Milford. There are 4 spots marked for low emission/fuel efficient vehicles (two of which are the Tesla bays). The rest area has been nicely renovated with a new McDonald's (historically one of the busiest locations in the USA) and McCafe coffee shop and several other restaurants (Subway, CheeseBoy, Mac N Out, Dunkin Donuts, Wilson's BBQ)
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Darien-Interstate-95-rest-area-reopens-4583075.php
The bubble wrap was removed on one of the chargers so I figured what the hell and gave it a shot, but my dash said there was no power to the charger.
I left the rest area, went to Whole Foods and then drove by the Southbound service area which is actually about two miles south of the northbound service area (as opposed to Milford, where the rest areas are directly across the highway). The rest area is still under construction but per the article linked above, it is expected to open "by July". I can't imagine they will be done in a week, but they should be able to be done before the end of the summer.
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Darien-Interstate-95-rest-area-reopens-4583075.php
The bubble wrap was removed on one of the chargers so I figured what the hell and gave it a shot, but my dash said there was no power to the charger.
I left the rest area, went to Whole Foods and then drove by the Southbound service area which is actually about two miles south of the northbound service area (as opposed to Milford, where the rest areas are directly across the highway). The rest area is still under construction but per the article linked above, it is expected to open "by July". I can't imagine they will be done in a week, but they should be able to be done before the end of the summer.
I stopped by Darien yesterday. I can confirm there are TWO different locations at the Darien North rest stop (not including any that there will be in the southbound). As you come into the rest stop, you can go straing along the building where the gas pumps are. There are two superchargers there (pictured in the OP). You can also turn right to park to enter the restaurants/stores or you can continue straight. Toward the back of that parking lot, there are two other superchargers. See attached pic (don't know why I only took a pic of one of them). There are a total of four bays at Darien North.
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