When I came through Lake Charles two Sundays ago, there were two cars charging and two waiting. I chatted with the other two drivers waiting, and they said the charging drivers had told them that the other four stalls were down. Three of the four had hanging handles, but 1A's handle was holstered. I had a long way to go still that night, and so I asked the two waiting if I could try 1A.
When I plugged in, the charger connected and ramped up to around 70kW (probably because I was sharing with one of the charging cars, on 1B). I charged for about 15 minutes--enough to get me to Channelview--and then left so that one of the waiting cars could take my spot.
I thought it as off that 4 out of 6 stalls would be down. In my whole trip, across country on I-10 and back on I-40, I only encountered one other stall, out of dozens of superchargers sites, that wouldn't work, and all I had to do was move one stall down. (I think that was in Buckeye, AZ).
Now, that I see the activity on this thread, I wonder if Lake Charles is just unlucky, or else if someone was playing a practical joke and handing charging cables that were actually working?