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Supercharger - Deming, NM
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Tyl
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avesraggiana:::
No headwind to my knowledge yesterday. I think I may have had a little tailwind. .... and yeah, I cut it close. You will too once years of experience kicks in. I often arrive with less that 3 miles remaining when traveling. I want the quick supercharge, and on my way. It shaves hours off a long journey. Long stops are for eating when the gap is 200 to 220 between superchargers. The big time travelers have it down to a science. Practice around town, arrive back at home with just a few miles. Knowing your travel route helps a lot, along with reading these forums until you are blind!!!!!
No headwind to my knowledge yesterday. I think I may have had a little tailwind. .... and yeah, I cut it close. You will too once years of experience kicks in. I often arrive with less that 3 miles remaining when traveling. I want the quick supercharge, and on my way. It shaves hours off a long journey. Long stops are for eating when the gap is 200 to 220 between superchargers. The big time travelers have it down to a science. Practice around town, arrive back at home with just a few miles. Knowing your travel route helps a lot, along with reading these forums until you are blind!!!!!
Tyl
Active Member
It gets really, really windy out there some days! If you are going direct 5R truck stop NM to Rita Rd Tucson AZ or reverse, be aware of the winds.
There's also an elevation change and fortunately for this stretch the prevailing winds are generally from the direction of the lower supercharger. But yes, in those cases when the wind is out of the east, Tucson to Deming is a really dangerous leg to attempt. Caution is required.
dgpcolorado
high altitude member
Put this in the Tucson thread but it might be useful here, too:
dpgcolorado- thanks- that is helpful- we'll be starting out soon- car is loaded, and we're waiting for the winds to die down as predicted. We will probably drive a little slower than the speed limit the first 100 miles. once we know we have enough range to make it we'll speed up. Looking like a good drive day so far.
Tyl
Active Member
Graffi
Member
Thanks for the chart. It is nice to see that from either direction there is some distance going downhill to the Supercharger. Is Wilcox in that middle dip? If so, then it will be a downhill getting to it also.
No winds today- made it from Tucson to Deming using 208 Range miles- had plenty of reserve after fully charging at Tucson Supercharger ( 258 miles is 100% these days on my car) Took it easy the first 100 miles due to the clime out of Tucson. Drove most of that at 60MPH and stopped to check out Willcox superhcharger progress (not commissioned yet but finished) That elevation chart above was helpful so that I knew to slow down the first part. Once Willcox is up this trip will be a piece of cake full speed.
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teddytoons
Member
Yes! Thank you for the heads up! Even though we were able to go from Tucson to Deming on one charge, we still had to stop in between for a bathroom break! This will make that bathroom break a little more advantageous.
Tyl
Active Member
very bad form to remove a charging cable and wrap it over the top of the pedestal indicating that the charging stall is not operational……. WHEN IT IS OPERATIONAL!! …. and you know the stall is operational! Unwrap it and holster the charging cable! No excuses! None!Maybe they had a holster problem.
Or they're the guy who leaves the faucet running in older restrooms. Or doesn't flush. Of course, I must admit finessing a loose-ish holster is something newbies may not have learned yet.
Misterbee
Member
I think it's unlikely that the sort of person who would do that sort of thing is frequenting these boards. But sure, holster your weapons everyone!
I would have looked suspiciously at the car in the paired stall!!
We were there yesterday and the car nav said (I think these are the right numbers ) 2A and 4 A were down. There was a note on stall that said there was a bent pin in the connector
This station got quite the workout during the eclipse traffic rush last week I was just glad we had no issues charging there mid day Sunday 4/14/24
This station got quite the workout during the eclipse traffic rush last week I was just glad we had no issues charging there mid day Sunday 4/14/24
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