Supercharger - Florence, KY - Houston Road

[jonboy71]

All of them?

Ski

Yep

 

[jonboy71]

Still down.

 

[Vol16]

S

Still down.

Still down

 

[Skione65]

Anything?

Ski

 

[Bubblegum]

Looks like it’s down again.

 

[Skione65]

I’m wondering if this was an issue with the quality of the install by the contracted electrician or something with the supply to the chargers of the electrical grid. Nevertheless for a semi-new SC these are down way to often. I wonder if there is a remedy to preclude them being down so much.

Ski

 

[Jtrader]

I was the only car charging at midnight. Arrived with 10% SOC. Max rate was 124 kW. Was really hoping for closer to 250 kW as indicated.

 

[Skione65]

I was the only car charging at midnight. Arrived with 10% SOC. Max rate was 124 kW. Was really hoping for closer to 250 kW as indicated.

Was your battery warm? Or pre-heated?

Ski

 

[Jtrader]

Was your battery warm? Or pre-heated?

Ski

? I navigated to the SC. Isn't that how you pre-heat it?

 

[Skione65]

? I navigated to the SC. Isn't that how you pre-heat it?

Yes.

Ski

 

[PCMc]

? I navigated to the SC. Isn't that how you pre-heat it?

While navigating to the supercharger is how you trigger the automatic preheating, I have found that depending upon the ambient temp and how long the battery was parked (depth of cold soak), and driving conditions, it still can take between 1-2 hours of normal driving prior to reaching the supercharger to achieve maximum charge rates. There is quite a large mass of the battery pack that you are needing to get uniformly warmed up which can take some time.

 

[Big Earl]

? I navigated to the SC. Isn't that how you pre-heat it?

30+ minutes are required to get peak speeds. Not worth it if you’re a local because it takes quite a bit of energy to get the 1,000 pound pack up to 40°C.

 

[Jtrader]

While navigating to the supercharger is how you trigger the automatic preheating, I have found that depending upon the ambient temp and how long the battery was parked (depth of cold soak), and driving conditions, it still can take between 1-2 hours of normal driving prior to reaching the supercharger to achieve maximum charge rates. There is quite a large mass of the battery pack that you are needing to get uniformly warmed up which can take some time.

Thanks. That helps. The car sat still at the airport for a week before I drove 3 miles to the SC.

 

[Fiver]

The car sat still at the airport for a week before I drove 3 miles to the SC.

This is not even remotely enough time/distance to pre-heat a battery.

I once drove 45 minutes from Park City Utah to the Evanston WY supercharger after parking overnight below freezing. While driving to the charger, temps were around 45 degrees, and my average speed on the interstate was 75-80mph. I still didn't get to optimum temps for supercharging.

 

[RacerX]

I’m wondering if this was an issue with the quality of the install by the contracted electrician or something with the supply to the chargers of the electrical grid. Nevertheless for a semi-new SC these are down way to often. I wonder if there is a remedy to preclude them being down so much.

Ski

Anyone know why this new V3 charger is down so much. Here in the area for Memorial Day weekend. May 30 2022. When it works it’s great. Seems like the surrounding businesses all have power. Very frustrating.

 

[ChrisC]

Aha, so you are saying it's down right now! A Plugshare checkin yesterday confirms this.

What is the status in in-car nav? Is it routing you to this site?

 

[Skione65]

Anyone know why this new V3 charger is down so much. Here in the area for Memorial Day weekend. May 30 2022. When it works it’s great. Seems like the surrounding businesses all have power. Very frustrating.

@RacerX

Is it down today? I do ALOT of CVG with work. Have been off for awhile however starting back up again. This needs to be looked into for the underlying problem/issue.

Ski

 

[jdmackiewicz]

The Tesla app shows it is back up with 9 of 12 spaces available. I'm not sure why but this location does get more downtime than usual.

 

[RacerX]

The Tesla app shows it is back up with 9 of 12 spaces available. I'm not sure why but this location does get more downtime than usual.

Anyone know why this Supercharger is temporarily closed or down so much. It’s not that old. I think it just opened April 30, 2021. It’s been offline more than 5 times since opening. All of the business in the area are open and have power. Frustrating since it happens when I’m passing thru on my road trip. Any info would be helpful. Usually the Tesla Supercharger network is the most reliable of the EV charging networks around except for this site. Very frustrating.
Anyone know the electric company that feeds it?

 

[docherf]

All of the Florence superchargers are down right now from the storms last night.