Supercharger - Folsom, CA - Iron Point Rd. (4 V2 stalls)

[FlasherZ]

I suspect the 150 miles in 30 minutes is at a lower SOC range than you had; i.e., more like from 30-40 mi -> 180-190 rather than 80-90 to full charge.

 

[weccman]

I suspect the 150 miles in 30 minutes is at a lower SOC range than you had; i.e., more like from 30-40 mi -> 180-190 rather than 80-90 to full charge.

I agree. It may be a couple of weeks before I can test this theory, but I will do so as soon as possible and report back.

 

[Merrill]

Folsom superchargers

Just went to Folsom superchargers today for the first time and plugged in with no other car near me and did a range charge. Started with about 90 miles left and after 50 minutes only went to 197, would have taken 1 hour to get to the 208 full charge. Somehow I thought it would be faster. Any input would be appreciated.

 

[rsmattu]

That's definitely abnormal and it should have been much faster. I've used the Folsom supercharger along with 4 others and I've never had it charge so slowly. After about giving it 5 minutes or so to warm up, my car is usually charging at about 220 miles/hour and it begins to slow down a little as my car starts topping the 170 mile range left region. The charge is quite slow when you get to the higher end, but I've never seen it go below 120 miles/hour (and it was only at 125ish when my car was at about 200 miles of charge already).

I've had a supercharger station in Barstow screw me over once because it "overheated." Maybe your charger station overheated at some point?

 

[Merrill]

Yes, when first plugged in it went to 168 per hour then went down from there. Maybe there was a problem with the unit I plugged into. I need to drive to Carnelian Bay next month and really need the 208 at Folsom and do not want to hang around for an hour.

 

[markb1]

I think the mi/hr it shows is the average. Every time I've range charged at a supercharger, it get's very very slow at the end. It's something like mile every few minutes. So I say it's normal.

 

[Banahogg]

The charge rate tapers very heavily getting to a range charge, even on a standard charger. I think the rates you saw are correct.

I suspect that leaving with 200 and driving a bit slower will be faster than waiting for the full 208.

 

[silvers]

This last weekend I was on a trip and on the way home I stopped at the Folsom outlet stores to charge up before making it home. I was at about 5% when I arrived (yes, I like cutting it close). When I plugged in I was the only tesla there, and only was getting about 200 amps. This was at night, and it was probably between 75 to 80 degrees. Oddly, about 8 months ago I believe, when I plugged in there I was getting about 300 amps. I'm wondering if they have had to throttle back the amps there, which could be why they are opening another location in Folsom.

Also, while I was there, which was after the outlet stores were closed, there was a car in the parking lot that drove by a few times, then parked off in the distance. I never saw any body wandering around, but it was a little peculiar. They do have security that normally drives around, but this car looked unmarked. In the past when I've stopped there at night, a security vehicle would drive up behind me. No one ever got out and talked to me at all, but I wonder if they are recording the license plate numbers of vehicles that stop there at night. I'm not sure that this vehicle that drove by during my last stop there was security even though it was unmarked. Not that anything bad has happened, but something interesting to note.

 

[MDR]

I charged at Folsom Monday around 1am. Arrived with 20%, was getting a little over 300 amps. Stall 1A. One other Model S charging on 2B.

 

[Khatsalano]

Folsom is the lowest average charge rates I see when multiple Teslas are plugged in. Am sometimes forced to stay longer than needed.

 

[ddimit]

I think Folsom is still the old 90KW Chargers

 

[AMPd]

I think Folsom is still the old 90KW Chargers

They look like it. Old design

 

[rpo]

Heads up on this supercharger (the ones at the Folsom Outlets, not Palladio).....they are closed as of today due to construction. The entire outlets appear to be inaccessible as I drove all the way around looking for a way in, but every entrance/exit is blocked by caution tape. I think they are doing construction of some sort in the parking lots. The supercharger at Palladio nearby is quite busy and most of the cars have been here 2+ hours. Nobody has left and it is completely full!

 

[KathyApplebaum]

On the way to work this morning the map showed it as closed, but at lunch it said 3/4 stalls available. Drove by and it was true -- no caution tape and one stall in use by someone charging away.

 

[rpo]

Awesome.

 

[KathyApplebaum]

Map shows closed again. Cruised by on the way to work, looks like the parking lot just got repaved and striped recently. (Other parts of the parking lot are roped off to be paved.) Tried a charger and it worked, so I suspect the map will get updated shortly.

 

[KathyApplebaum]

Yesterday the map was showing "reduced service" again, and even said "temporarily closed". I drove over on my way home from work and didn't see anything unusual. A 3 was plugged in, so I tried charging and had no problems. No idea why the map is showing that.

 

[CuriousG]

Damage I found in stalls 3 and 4 when I arrived. Back and front images of stall 3. Less damage in stall 4. No excuse as you only pull forward and these are easiest of the stalls to park in.

 

[CuriousG]

I noticed on the way there was there was no status indicator showing how many stalls are available on the map. Just a little further down the road, it showed the Palladio status so I know it wasn't my car. I was also surprised that there were no other Teslas charging as this was on a Saturday. Foot and car traffic was still pretty heavy even though there were lots of stores that have gone out of business.

When I made my way back to the car maybe half an hour later, there were still no Teslas charging. Maybe the locals have deemed this as an unreliable Supercharger station?

 

[IDRVSLO]

I tried this one once and never again... Navi stated it was a 120Kw and I never got more than 42Kw when my soc was 9% and it was set as the destination in my 3