Supercharger - North Bend, WA
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ValleyGeek
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I just stopped in for dinner with my friend and caught the techs as they left. My S wasn't very low and had a cold battery but they wanted to see the process so I pulled in to show and test (screenshot uploaded). As noted, the spots are a bit tight, I had to be up against the tire stop and centered or closer. My friend has a Model 3 but was at 40% SOC and only got up to 84kw.
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Charged here tonight and did a little more research. The Popeye’s and the diner close at 10pm. Popeye’s was listed as 11pm online but that listing is wrong. The gas station (with only a single stall bathroom) closes at 11pm
A 24 hour convenience store is over at the truck stop (look for the flag pole). They have large restrooms. And there are even showers and a laundromat if for some reason you find yourself in that circle of hell where you need to use these kind of facilities at a truck stop. There are only a couple parking spots in the truck stop area but you can easily walk there from the supercharger.
I also noticed there is a mediocre looking motel across the street from and within walking distance of the supercharger. Being a local, I would never stay there but it might be of some interest to out of towners passing through.
A 24 hour convenience store is over at the truck stop (look for the flag pole). They have large restrooms. And there are even showers and a laundromat if for some reason you find yourself in that circle of hell where you need to use these kind of facilities at a truck stop. There are only a couple parking spots in the truck stop area but you can easily walk there from the supercharger.
I also noticed there is a mediocre looking motel across the street from and within walking distance of the supercharger. Being a local, I would never stay there but it might be of some interest to out of towners passing through.
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breser
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There actually aren't lines painted yet. What looks like lines in my photo are where they blacked out the lines that were there. For what it's worth I probably didn't do the greatest job parking. It was dark and rainy and I was just popping in to see if it worked so I didn't put much effort in. So I wouldn't draw any conclusions about alignment from my photo.
I was over 80% charge so no. But even if I was lower on the charge it wouldn't have mattered I have a Model S 85D so I'd never get that rate. My wife has a 3 but we don't supercharge it.
I've never found the ones you have to backup against the stop to be that big of a problem. In fact I rather like that setup. There's no doubt as to where you should be stopping.
breser
AutoPilot Nostradamus
I'm always super worried about curbs being high enough to touch my car... does Tesla specific the curb stops for supercharger locations or is it a local contractor that just uses whatever meets code and is probably the cheapest? I haven't gone that close yet in fear of hurting my Model 3... but I sure would like to get closer sometimes with the superchargers
At stock height there is no chance you’ll make contact with a standard height curb while backing up.
Looks like several cars are already using the charger. Either they are all aware of them from following this forum very closely, or the chargers are already showing in the Nav?
I stopped to charge at 11:15am this morning and the chargers are now offline.
I tried 3 separate connectors, without any luck.
Car says ready to charge and app says, check power source.
I tried 3 separate connectors, without any luck.
Car says ready to charge and app says, check power source.
TreborThickweb
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I suspect Tesla pushes software to then and maybe monitors power signals and stuff initially which might take an hour or two to half a day. Then there is probably an internal commissioning that happens as backends are updates and then they flip the switch to “dispense” the electrons
The wheel stops are almost always the standard 6' high black and yellow rubber kind. Some of the older superchargers might have something different. I hesitate to say that you will never have an issue (see the Ukiah, CA supercharger thread), because there can always be tree roots and other things that make the ground uneven, but they definitely won't be built too high for a Tesla. The worst I've seen is that they are placed too far out from the pedestals which makes it difficult to plug in. The ones at North Bend are pretty far out, but the v3 cables are a lot more flexible than the v2s so it isn't really an issue.
The common denominator is v3. V2 sites are not having this issue. If this is how they plan on commissioning v3 sites going forward, we might need a new symbol on supercharge.info. Maybe a yellow dot or something indicating "recently activated, but not yet in the Nav so use at your own risk."
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