Supercharger - Raymond Terrace, NSW

[Quickst]

17? Has anyone done a head count of the charger pedestals?

Whirlpool suggests 12

 

[moa999]

Pretty sure it's 12.
Only three of the main white power units.

And it looks like there are three solar canopies in an L-shape with 4 stalls under each.

Maybe some wall chargers will be installed as well (to date I think Margaret River is the only recent supercharger site in Aus with wall chargers. Broadway also has some)

 

[Chuq]

There might be some AC chargers (existing or planned) elsewhere in the centre?

 

[Chuq]

Latest pics via Whirlpool:

https://imgur.com/a/80JKrrp

 

[Vostok]

Latest pics via Whirlpool:

One day to go to get ‘em working

 

[moa999]

One day to go to get ‘em working

Doesn't look likely.
Whirlpool poster also spoke to site super who said commissioning is next week (so post Easter long weekend, but before school holidays).

Also said site supply is 1600A or about 1.1MW.
(Three phase at 230V)

 

[coref1]

I'm heading up the coast late April and am looking forward to testing these baby's out.

 

[Hairyman]

Fair chance for the school holidays hopefully

 

[moa999]

And more from Stu on Whirlpool.
Looking very close

Interesting that there is effectively a spare spot under each of the solar canopies.

https://imgur.com/a/ED7lIGA

 

[Vostok]

Interesting that there is effectively a spare spot under each of the solar canopies.

So it could become a 15-stall site as per the Round 1 Drive Electric grant? Do we know if piping/cabling was run to the vacant spots?

 

[moa999]

Not enough power cabinets and don't think cables run.

Possibly was designed this way with V3 cabinets in mind as it would have enabled cars with ports on the wrong side to use those spots without taking out two chargers.

Not needed with the longer V4 cables.

 

[RichardV]

So it could become a 15-stall site as per the Round 1 Drive Electric grant? Do we know if piping/cabling was run to the vacant spots?

If you look at the photos from Lucas, which has signs for site expansion from 10->20, you can see here when the piping and concrete done there are 6 cabinet locations,

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/attachments/img_2078-jpeg.962044/

Then when the 3 existing cabinets where installed there is a small amount of bitumen to cover the 3 future cabinets conduit.

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/attachments/pxl_20230826_070037097-mp-jpg.968482/

For Raymond Terrace we do not see any evidence of them allowing for an extra cabinet,

And with only 3 cabinets and 12 stalls each cabinet is already full with 4 outputs. We also do not see any evidence of ground disturbance for the empty spaces.

 

[zarbs]

Redrafted my deleted posts for clarity - I saw this pic which shows capped conduit at the site but it matches the size of the other cabinet to the right and doesn't match the layout for the 3 power cabinets in front.

https://imgur.com/a/PAz8AD4

The extra space may well be due to the size of the solar strings and their support posts. Nothing more.

 

[zarbs]

Also, the longer cabinet may be for the control of the solar and contain batteries for storage. The capped conduits may be for the installation of another cabinet of battery storage in future. Time will tell. It will just be good to have this site online.

 

[jacko306]

Getting closer. A bit wet so only a few photos this trip.

 

[Martin K59]

Looking good, we will check it out later this year

 

[moa999]

Post on Hunter EV FB group that technician on site today and set it should be open by "end of this week", which presumably means tomorrow or Sat.

 

[moa999]

And I should note that will be just in time given NSW school holidays start, and Vic and Qld finish

 

[moa999]

Doesn't appear to have opened Friday.
Heatherbrae seemed to be just coping this afternoon with mostly 5-15min queues listed.

 

[jacko306]

Drove past today still not open. Ended up driving my ICE car for the school holidays. Maybe next time I can use the Y in school holidays on the Mid North Coast. They were queuing at Heather Brae when I drove past.