Supercharger - Grand Forks ND

[Manitoba Keith]

A few weeks ago (possibly last weekend), I was making the trip north from Fargo and when I got to Grand Forks, it was about -20f (-28C) if I recall correctly.
Is there a special reason they can't do construction?
We used to work, pulling wire & doing other electrical work, outside in -30C temperatures. No, we did not enjoy it, but it got done.
Now they have tents and heaters. Besides, the weather is getting so nice now, almost spring like.

 

[meanwhileinND]

I know that they can't do construction, But can some one tell us if the Grand Forks snow pile is larger or smaller?

K2

 

[meanwhileinND]

A few weeks ago (possibly last weekend), I was making the trip north from Fargo and when I got to Grand Forks, it was about -20f (-28C) if I recall correctly.
Is there a special reason they can't do construction?
We used to work, pulling wire & doing other electrical work, outside in -30C temperatures. No, we did not enjoy it, but it got done.
Now they have tents and heaters. Besides, the weather is getting so nice now, almost spring like.

Ya they could do it. If they had to.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Ya they could do it. If they had to.

I suspect that they planned for spring so that they won't have to worry about storm or other weather delays. There are a bunch of Superchargers there to work through.

 

[PLUS EV]

I suspect that they planned for spring so that they won't have to worry about storm or other weather delays. There are a bunch of Superchargers there to work through.

Yeah North Dakota never has storms in the spring

 

[meanwhileinND]

Just floods

 

[MD-2000]

I know that they can't do construction, But can some one tell us if the Grand Forks snow pile is larger or smaller?

I depends on snowfall. I haven't heard of any big dumps recently, since I took the photo a month ago. (But then, ND weather is not high on my watch list). You can see on my last photo (Post #30) about a month ago, the pile was probably 10 to 12 feet. It's not going anywhere until spring, unless they get energetic about snow removal. I doubt that it would be specifically moved for SC construction, as mentioned there are plenty of other sites across ND better prepared - just need pulling cables and installing hardware. Fargo, Jamestown, Bismark, Dickinson... A week or two at each takes the crew into April before they have to worry about Grand Forks, and completes a route.

Other than the fun of working making connections in sub-zero temps, which can be alleviated with heated tents, another issue is that AFAIK wires become stiffer in cold weather, something less that fun when working with curved conduits and very thick wires.

 

[meanwhileinND]

sunday march 29

 

[meanwhileinND]

Easter snowpile.

 

[MD-2000]

Hmmm... that snow pile is going down. It should be washed away in a month or so...

 

[meanwhileinND]

4-26-2020

 

[EV3_]

Aaaah! Spring in North Dakota!

 

[MD-2000]

When it's spring in northern Canada, the ice is warm to the touch...

 

[meanwhileinND]

Update as of 5-14-2020. No Activity at the GF site. But at least the snows gone.

 

[MD-2000]

I wonder if this is next when Jamestown is done? Jamestown appears to have had their hardware delivered at the same time construction started, but most of the TransCanada last year and several other sites around this area, the ground prep conduits and bases were done well before the charging hardware arrived. ,

 

[VIKING26]

I wouldn't be surprised if I-94 in North Dakota is turned on in the next month or so and Grand Forks and Pembina are pushed to next year or later. Which really sucks for those needing to go North/South in this area of the world.

 

[DigAdrenaline]

I wouldn't be surprised if I-94 in North Dakota is turned on in the next month or so and Grand Forks and Pembina are pushed to next year or later. Which really sucks for those needing to go North/South in this area of the world.

The Fargo thread says I94 should be this week, actually.

 

[MD-2000]

There are L2 chargers in Morris (Tim Hortons) and Grand Forks (3 of them) which should make this trip easily do-able in warm weather.

Anything more on the Hillsboro L3 charger planned?

When we were in GF in January, besides admiring the snow pile, I was trying to figure out where the power feed would come from for that location indicated on the map. It seems it would require a fairly long feed from the road on the other side of TireOne. maybe utility side of the job is now delayed...

 

[meanwhileinND]

Solar powered with a giga battery would be cool!

 

[EV3_]

At least Fargo is up now. A lot more options now. Would love for something to happen here!