OK but kinda looks like in a pic you took in Nov 30 that the strips were the faded old yellow. Sorta looks like they were just painted white. Am I seeing wrong on the older pic you took?
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Supercharger - Decatur, GA - East Ponce de Leon Ave
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Weekly check. Pedestals are installed but no wiring pulled yet. The first picture here is showing the four pedestals on the far left, not shown well in my earlier photos.
Dirt grading is done, rebar is in, and the cabinet pads should get poured any day now. There's still no sign of a new transformer or where they would put it, so maybe they will be able to use that existing one. Seems too small though.
There are two J1772 / Level 2 stations in the middle. They look like Tesla HPWCs but they definitely have J1772 plugs on them. This is probably per agreement with host (the City), like they've been doing at Target sites but without the Chargepoint hassle (and wild expense).
Replying to JulienW above, yeah they painted white over the old yellow stripes. I think it is meant to neutralize the old stripes, and they will restripe as straight-in, but we'll see.
Dirt grading is done, rebar is in, and the cabinet pads should get poured any day now. There's still no sign of a new transformer or where they would put it, so maybe they will be able to use that existing one. Seems too small though.
There are two J1772 / Level 2 stations in the middle. They look like Tesla HPWCs but they definitely have J1772 plugs on them. This is probably per agreement with host (the City), like they've been doing at Target sites but without the Chargepoint hassle (and wild expense).
Replying to JulienW above, yeah they painted white over the old yellow stripes. I think it is meant to neutralize the old stripes, and they will restripe as straight-in, but we'll see.
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Concrete has been poured.
Pedestals are all installed but no wiring yet. I think the cabinets have to be placed before they pull the wire.
I now see where the new transformer will go -- in the lower right corner of this photo, an overhead view from the deck's upper level.
Pedestals are all installed but no wiring yet. I think the cabinets have to be placed before they pull the wire.
I now see where the new transformer will go -- in the lower right corner of this photo, an overhead view from the deck's upper level.
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All six cabinets have been placed (4 power conversion, 2 switchgear). No utility transformer yet. No wires pulled to pedestals yet, but I expect that's next now that the cabinets are in place.
Correction from earlier: there are 3 J1772 stations here, not 2.
Correction from earlier: there are 3 J1772 stations here, not 2.
I made an extra mid-week stop while I was in the area for lunch and doing show-and-tell with a curious friend.
No changes at all. I suspect they are waiting for wire.
No changes at all. I suspect they are waiting for wire.
Oh, I stopped by here on Sunday as usual and forgot to post this. The only (minor) progress to report was:
- conduit to Level 2 stations now in place
- large spool of Level 2 wire (I think) delivered
- new parking spot striping
The latter is going to be a problem, I think, and likely to get redone after Tesla inspects the work.
The spots are now diagonal in the other direction -- the old lines were first painted over with grey paint, and then ground away. With the new lines, you can now back in properly per traffic direction on that aisle. But with the pedestals STRAIGHT / FLAT against the wall, the car's port may be too far for the cable to reach. Either these parking spots should be straight in, or the pedestals all need to be angled. Surely they must have designed this properly, accounting for vehicle size and turn radius, so I think it's just the striping contractor who didn't follow the drawings. (also they kind of did a sh*tty, inconsistent job on positioning the curb stops)
Can anyone point to examples of Tesla supercharging sites where the parking spots are angled AND you back in AND the pedestals are all parallel at the back? I don't think so but I could be wrong.
The HORIZONTAL distance from the front edge of the curb stop (rear tire contact point) to the cable anchor point is exactly 6 feet. I think that's too far.
- conduit to Level 2 stations now in place
- large spool of Level 2 wire (I think) delivered
- new parking spot striping
The latter is going to be a problem, I think, and likely to get redone after Tesla inspects the work.
The spots are now diagonal in the other direction -- the old lines were first painted over with grey paint, and then ground away. With the new lines, you can now back in properly per traffic direction on that aisle. But with the pedestals STRAIGHT / FLAT against the wall, the car's port may be too far for the cable to reach. Either these parking spots should be straight in, or the pedestals all need to be angled. Surely they must have designed this properly, accounting for vehicle size and turn radius, so I think it's just the striping contractor who didn't follow the drawings. (also they kind of did a sh*tty, inconsistent job on positioning the curb stops)
Can anyone point to examples of Tesla supercharging sites where the parking spots are angled AND you back in AND the pedestals are all parallel at the back? I don't think so but I could be wrong.
The HORIZONTAL distance from the front edge of the curb stop (rear tire contact point) to the cable anchor point is exactly 6 feet. I think that's too far.
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I general you don't back into ANY angled parking. It should be head in if angled and back in if perpendicular. That is so messy, obtuse and CRAP looking.
If you drive past angled parking and they are against you then you automatically see yourself as going in the WRONG direction.
EDIT: Guess my previous post on questioning the parking was applicable. They don't seem to know what the hell they are doing.
Here is correct way to do angled parking Superchargers.
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Man, is that going to work? It looks like your bumper is going to be really close to the wall bc you'll have to get your rear tires pretty darn close to the parking spot curbs in order for the cable to reach.
The ONLY way is if you back in straight and then able to jump over the curb stops. So NO there is no way you can use them since the cable would not even come close to reaching.
Yeah, again I think this was simply done wrong and the striping will get reworked. But I thought maybe I'm wrong and there was another SC site out there where they'd made this work. Sounds like no 
It'll be funny to have yet another set of abandoned stripes there And I feel a little sorry for the subcontractor who probably made a dumb mistake and now lost all their profit margin... Anyway let's see what happens, clearly it's interesting!
It'll be funny to have yet another set of abandoned stripes there
And I feel a little sorry for the subcontractor who probably made a dumb mistake and now lost all their profit margin... Anyway let's see what happens, clearly it's interesting!The wire finally arrived and work has resumed. Workers were busy this afternoon -- on a holiday weekend Sunday!
Still no transformer. The landscaping has been installed, so they'll have to scrape some aside to place it.
Still no transformer. The landscaping has been installed, so they'll have to scrape some aside to place it.
Quick midweek driveby while I had business in town. Still working on wiring, still no transformer.
Still working on pedestal wiring, with workers again onsite on a (rainy) Sunday afternoon. Still no transformer, but the three phase wires have now been pulled, so that is definitely where the transformer is going. The ground isn't quite level so I wonder if they'll need a pad there after all.
No change to the striping yet.
No change to the striping yet.
Pedestal wiring is complete, pretty much (one of the conduit lids was off). Everything really looks done, except for the transformer from the utility, so once that shows up then they should just need a week to do the final commissioning. And possibly extra time to restripe
No changes today, other than the cable tray between the pedestals being completely buttoned up now. No transformer. Striping still the same. But otherwise it's totally done.
Oh I forgot to post here. I stopped by Friday afternoon -- transformer delivered! I didn't look for the meter though, will do next time. Upper deck install is still the same, complete except for bad striping.
Thanks for the update. Going to see my brother in Decatur in a couple of weeks, so I need this one.
Stopped by, no changes. The stripes are still wrong.
This time I looked for the meter and didn't see one, but I couldn't find an empty socket either. I asked the resident security guard and he said that they were waiting for Georgia Power -- yes the transformer is in, but maybe it hasn't been connected to the grid. They could also be waiting for something else (a Tesla component to swap out, final inspection from the City, who knows) and "waiting for Georgia Power" is just a convenient line.
This time I looked for the meter and didn't see one, but I couldn't find an empty socket either. I asked the resident security guard and he said that they were waiting for Georgia Power -- yes the transformer is in, but maybe it hasn't been connected to the grid. They could also be waiting for something else (a Tesla component to swap out, final inspection from the City, who knows) and "waiting for Georgia Power" is just a convenient line.
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