Supercharger - Denver, CO

[theheff]

Thanks for the pic. Did you notice if the transformer was there or not?

Is that not what the equipment pictured is? They usually build the wood box around the transformer, no? The metal equipment pictured is what they said they'd build it around. I have a couple other pictures of the site and don't see any other equipment.

Edit: I guess by looking at the other pictures, it looks like the generator should go to the right of the other equipment.

 

[Cottonwood]

Is that not what equipment pictured is? They usually build the wood box around the transformer, no? The metal equipment pictured is what they said they'd build it around. I have a couple other pictures of the site and don't see any other equipment.

No, the Utility Transformer usually goes outside of the enclosure. Here is an annotated picture from Blanding for reference.

 

[theheff]

No, the Utility Transformer usually goes outside of the enclosure. Here is an annotated picture from Blanding for reference.

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That's a great picture, thanks. Sorry, I work in IT... when it comes to electrical infrastructure...

 

[Cottonwood]

That's a great picture, thanks. Sorry, I work in IT... when it comes to electrical infrastructure...

No worries...it's a common confusion.

That's why I annotated the picture; a picture is worth a thousand words, and often many times more.

 

[ualdriver]

I just checked in at lunch today. I actually spoke with the contractors a bit, too. He said it would probably be online by Friday and that all they needed to do was install the box around the power equipment. Here's what it looks like right now:

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Thanks for the info... Friday tomorrow (3rd)? Picture looks like they still have a bit to do....

 

[theheff]

Thanks for the info... Friday tomorrow (3rd)? Picture looks like they still have a bit to do....

Yeah... I should have asked. It would have been more logical for him to say "tomorrow" instead of "Friday". My client is a couple miles away, so maybe I'll swing by again tomorrow.

 

[theheff]

Alright, last day I'm in the area for 10 days. Almost there.

 

[ualdriver]

Alright, last day I'm in the area for 10 days. Almost there.

Thanks for checking again!

 

[bsbomber]

I stopped by to check on progress yesterday. They were building the cinderblock wall to attach a brick veneer. They are still waiting on the Transformer. I talked to the contractor for a bit and I believe he indicated to me that his company has broken ground in Missoula.

Anyone who criticizes the time to build these Superchargers... should talk to the contractors and see how much BS they have to deal with.

 

[theheff]

Stopped by tonight on the way back from the airport. Close, but still no transformer.

 

[ualdriver]

Stopped by this morning (11th). There was one guy there. I think he was a mason. He said that they were still waiting for the electrical hook-up. I took a picture:

 

[Sousaphil]

Thanks for the progress shots! I'm at the airport twice a week, but it's pre-dawn on Monday and post-sunset on Thursdays....not exactly ideal times to look around an active construction site.

 

[theheff]

It sounds like the electrons may be flowing at this Supercharger now. Also, the Park Meadows supercharger might be going away very soon: Park Meadows Super Charger | Forums | Tesla Motors

I'm going to swing by after work to check it out.

 

[theheff]

Stopped by this morning (11th). There was one guy there. I think he was a mason. He said that they were still waiting for the electrical hook-up. I took a picture:



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It looked almost identical to this picture this evening, but there is a transformer now! Won't be long.

 

[Cottonwood]

Decided to check out Lone Pine this morning before it closes; found this sign. Hmmm...is Denver really open?

Drove to over to the Denver Supercharger site. Obviously, Denver is not open, but close. The transformer is here and is humming, but it looks like the meter still needs to be installed, the brick mason needs to finish the brick veneer on the Equipment Enclosure, and the landscape gravel has to be spread around the Equipment Enclosure. Those boxes in the middle hold a lot of brick veneer, and you can see the pile of washed gravel.

Supercharger site:

This looks like where the electric meter will go between the Utility Transformer and the Equipment Enclosure:

This may well be the first Supercharger that waits for the finish on the Equipment Enclosure before it can open, while the Utility Transformer is in place and connected... BTW, this is a 750 kVA transformer, almost twice as large as needed for a 6-Stall Supercharger Site.

It seems like an unsuspecting Tesla driver could be misled by this sign being put up too early at Lone Pine.

I'll upload more pictures of the Denver site this evening.

 

[wycolo]

Ok, remove the old Lone Tree CO temp, but at least hook it up somewhere useful, like Ft Collins!!

Thanx for all the updates on Aurora SpC.
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[Cottonwood]

As promised, here are some more pictures from today, Oct 19, 2014 from my quadcopter.

Aerial view from Google Maps, north up:

View from the northeast, looking southwest:

View from north, looking south:

The site from above, looking down, east up:

The spot reserved for a 4th Supercharger Cabinet to upgrade to 8 Stalls:

 

[stevezzzz]

I'm with you, Wycolo: put the temporary SpC from Lone Tree somewhere on the north/west side of Denver. The new SpC is well off the direct route from Cheyenne to Silverthorne, and S60s have a hard time with that leg.

 

[NoCO]

I'm with you, Wycolo: put the temporary SpC from Lone Tree somewhere on the north/west side of Denver. The new SpC is well off the direct route from Cheyenne to Silverthorne, and S60s have a hard time with that leg.

Yep. It can be done though, I almost did it in September, I got half way up the hill heading out of Denver and looked at my charge level and thought it would be questionable, so I turned around and headed to the mall. If I had remembered that the last ten miles to Silverthorne are down hill, I could have made it without the detour.

The new super charger is a bit out of the way, but not as much as going to the mall. I went from L.A. to Virginia and back in my S 60 and my thought on the trip is I'd like some kind of aide in navigation, one that perhaps tells me that at a certain speed and watt per mile and temperature, I need X miles of charge. Tesla has been collecting enough data and most trips are done between super chargers on the same route, I think that would be very useful...would have put my mind at ease and I could have skipped the mall charge, if I had known on average in a S-60, by going 55 here or 65 here or keeping it to under 60kWH up the hill or some helpful keys (perhaps even a chart of elevation charts and recommended kWH usage would be fantastic, kind of like a navigator.

edit: Cool aerial view.

 

[ualdriver]

As promised, here are some more pictures from today, Oct 19, 2014 from my quadcopter.

Cool pictures.