Supercharger - NW Phoenix

[BenBethel]

Boo....

Spoke to workers today. Electrical inspector requiring changes that still may take another two weeks.

 

[SSonnentag]

Spoke to workers today. Electrical inspector requiring changes that still may take another two weeks.

You would think that an electrical contractor would know or learn the county/city codes BEFORE doing the actual work. [Scratching my head...]

 

[Evoforce]

You would think that an electrical contractor would know or learn the county/city codes BEFORE doing the actual work. [Scratching my head...]

Well... If it were only that easy. Code, many times is left up to interpretation. Each inspector has their own thought process. Some of us in the industry call it "job security".

 

[jpaz]

Yikes!

 

[BenBethel]

Right... it's pretty crazy. Often the issue is that "Contractors" face a dilemma when unemployment in their sector is near 0%... they end up hiring their kids' high school buddies for $35/hr ($105K/yr if you work just about 10hrs of OT/wk) who have no idea what they're doing. Hiring a licensed contractor doesn't mean that the contractor is hiring anyone of any skill or ability. It's a crazy time when unemployment hits low rates like today and you cannot bring in skilled labor from just 200 miles south. You can be in your 20s and make $60-80K/yr just being a server at a restaurant or a hotel front desk agent if you kick butt...

At any rate - sorry for that tangent... I'll just keep watching this thread and hoping that this supercharger opens soon. I wonder what it'd take for me to install just one or two superchargers at my hotel in midtown Phoenix.... I used to have Tesla reps staying at The Clarendon back in the OG Roadster days, and I kept offering to donate the land for 4-8 superchargers, and pay for a portion of the electricity - all free - but it never happened. We're just about 200-300 feet away from one of the main midtown APS electrical substations which is north of Clarendon between 2nd/3rd Avenues. Right here: Google Maps - and why not use a space like this, it seems so perfectly natural - near high rise living, near 4 hotels, near thousands of apartments that hover around $2-3k/mo, near thousands of office workers, and a parking lot right against a sub-station... seems like a great fit.

 

[Azlope]

Just saw the Tesla rep at the supercharger said it would be open in a couple hours

 

[jpaz]

Good news. Was beginning to think the Biltmore SC site would open first.

 

[Azlope]

Tesla rep plugged in at Supercharger
Looks like it is operational.

 

[Evoforce]

Woohooo!

 

[TTT]

Great, just in time, I’m on my way to Spring Training on Friday! Any good restaurants close by?

 

[PhxGT]

Congrats everyone!! Happy charging!! Fun fact: a P85 at 84mph (@400wh) consumes the equivalent of 336 100w lightbulbs in the same hour. Or 6.57 14w LED lightbulbs (the equivalent of a 100w lightbulb) for a year.


The more you learn.

 

[PhxGT]

Or about 112,000,000 joules.

 

[jpaz]

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Tesla rep plugged in at Supercharger
Looks like it is operational.

Anyone else notice the Tesla rep's autopark put the car in sideways?

 

[Stealth]

Congrats everyone!! Happy charging!! Fun fact: a P85 at 84mph (@400wh) consumes the equivalent of 336 100w lightbulbs in the same hour. Or 6.57 14w LED lightbulbs (the equivalent of a 100w lightbulb) for a year.


The more you learn.

I believe it should read 400 Wh/mile.

 

[Stealth]

I believe it should read 400 Wh/mile.

Also it is not 6.57 14s LED lightbulbs for a year. It is more like 15 days. I think you just mulitplied by 365 days and forgot the 24 hours per day. My math 400 Wh/mile * 84 miles = 33,600 Wh. Then 6.57 x 14 w = 91.98 W. 33/600 Wh / 91.98 W = 365.29 hours / 24 = 15.22 days

 

[Tyl]

I was about the 8th or 9th car to charge here this evening.

These Superchargers look great lit up this evening.

Glad it’s open.

Photos

 

[PhxGT]

Thank you Stealth. Good job pointing that out, I forgot 24 hours a day.

 

[Buddyroe]

Right... it's pretty crazy. Often the issue is that "Contractors" face a dilemma when unemployment in their sector is near 0%... they end up hiring their kids' high school buddies for $35/hr ($105K/yr if you work just about 10hrs of OT/wk) who have no idea what they're doing. Hiring a licensed contractor doesn't mean that the contractor is hiring anyone of any skill or ability. It's a crazy time when unemployment hits low rates like today and you cannot bring in skilled labor from just 200 miles south. You can be in your 20s and make $60-80K/yr just being a server at a restaurant or a hotel front desk agent if you kick butt...

Meanwhile Walmart has 1.5 million unskilled U.S. workers who morons are trying hard to incentivize to stay unskilled by giving them welfare and artificially higher pay. I'm not sure why, as a country we aren't smart enough to realize that these people (unskilled workers at ANY company), as well as the country would be FAR better off to not tamper with artificial pay, and simply allow people to make the choice to better themselves through training and education, and fill the higher paying jobs which employers are begging for.

 

[Buddyroe]

Meanwhile Walmart has 1.5 million unskilled U.S. workers who morons are trying hard to incentivize to stay unskilled by giving them welfare and artificially higher pay. I'm not sure why, as a country we aren't smart enough to realize that these people (unskilled workers at ANY company), as well as the country would be FAR better off to not tamper with artificial pay, and simply allow people to make the choice to better themselves through training and education, and fill the higher paying jobs which employers are begging for.

Someone disagreed? What d......ss thinks that it's better for people to work at Walmart for what will always be a low end , poverty-stricken job versus getting educated or trained to do a job that pays three times more, and actually produces a product or service instead of selling imported products?

I beg you, please, post why you disagree - I gotta hear this ****!

 

[tmoz]

Someone disagreed? What d......ss thinks that it's better for people to work at Walmart for what will always be a low end , poverty-stricken job versus getting educated or trained to do a job that pays three times more, and actually produces a product or service instead of selling imported products?

I beg you, please, post why you disagree - I gotta hear this ****!

some people aren't too good at lernin'. And some have no money to go to school, but this thread is getting off topic.