Supercharger - San Diego, CA (Qualcomm / Pacific Heights Blvd., 12 V2 stalls)

[markb1]

Ignoring the pavement markings, one wonders if the SDG&E transformer has been placed,
and cables pulled through from the "street" to actually power the 6 Supercharger units.

Perhaps we can get a picture tomorrow of the transformer pad to guess at the progress
there. Or, maybe the job forman knows when power will be available for final testing?

The transformer pad is still empty. I'm sure Randy will post if he hears anything about SDG&E scheduling. And I will post if I see the transformer on site.

 

[TTT]

The SC handicap space in Oxnard is just as screwed up

 

[rmsargent]

I was in the store at UTC tonight and asked if they knew when this supercharger would be open... response was a vague "2 weeks".

 

[markb1]

I was in the store at UTC tonight and asked if they knew when this supercharger would be open... response was a vague "2 weeks".

I don't think anyone at Tesla really knows. Perhaps two weeks, if everything goes just right. But given the way things have gone on this project, I would expect that not to be the case.

 

[Cosmacelf]

The SC handicap space in Oxnard is just as screwed up

Remains screwed up? If so, then we must be dealing with a local government inspector! The HC spot is seen by the inspector to be used by an ICE car, parking head first. Obviously, HC drivers are not capable of backing into a spot, and there are no HC Model S owners... (um my iPad tapatalk doesn't have the correct rolls eyes emoticon for here!)

 

[Gregsbeach]

thanks to markb and you guys for keeping us in the loop on this. You don't know how nice it is to see the progress and the pictures......it's down to the wire and getting exciting!

 

[Damiano]

+1 -- Thank you indeed

 

[ddimit]

Its great news! I have a Conference in SD in June. I now have a reason to drive down and not worry about looking for a place to plug in for the week. The Hotel I was booked into only had a 120v socket available. Now I don't have to deal with Blink! or Public Charging stations!

 

[4SUPER9]

I just received the following reply from Tesla:

Hello,

Thank you for your email. Our construction team is already aware of this issue. Please rest assured that the stall paint will be corrected before we open this site to the public.

Best regards,
The Tesla Supercharger Team

 

[markb1]

Its great news! I have a Conference in SD in June. I now have a reason to drive down and not worry about looking for a place to plug in for the week. The Hotel I was booked into only had a 120v socket available. Now I don't have to deal with Blink! or Public Charging stations!

With some luck, it will be open when you make your trip. But we don't know when it will be open, for sure.

 

[Damiano]

Its great news! I have a Conference in SD in June. I now have a reason to drive down and not worry about looking for a place to plug in for the week. The Hotel I was booked into only had a 120v socket available. Now I don't have to deal with Blink! or Public Charging stations!

The US Grant just put in Tesla destination charging.

 

[Cosmacelf]

Mark stated in a different forum that the transformer is on site as of today (Monday May 11). Shouldn't be long now.

 

[markb1]

Mark stated in a different forum that the transformer is on site as of today (Monday May 11). Shouldn't be long now.

Yes, SDG&E is installing the transformer right now. Parking lot still needs to be striped, and access is still restricted to construction vehicles.

 

[RandyS]

This morning two of our crews were on-site, one on the transformer side, and one across Pacific Heights Blvd where the transformer connections will be made...Work was scheduled to begin today, and should be done today as well...Power for the SC site is run from across the street from the nearest 12kV source and a new service / meter is being installed...

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Crew hard at work across the street getting the 12kV connections prepared...

 

[Cosmacelf]

Randy snapped a great pic of them hoisting the transformer onto the pad with the gleaming new pedestals in the foreground:

 

[gaswalla]

seems like only days away.. yay!
I hope the striping doesn't end up being the delay

 

[RandyS]

Here is what the aluminum wire looks like that the crews are using to connect the output of the transformer to the new service...

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Getting that transformer jockeyed into position for pad placement. Wire has been pulled to the new service and connections are next...

 

[Teriyaki88]

I feel like a dad, waiting for first child to be born. Well not really but....

 

[RandyS]

Hopefully we can put to bed the whole idea of the utility taking forever to do this type of work (that we do every day!)...Scheduled for today, happening today, finishing today....About 12 people in two crews, all the heavy equipment needed, coordination, cable being pulled, transformer lifted, set, and wired up, the whole nine yards in a nice safe manner...Done!

 

[Cottonwood]

Hopefully we can put to bed the whole idea of the utility taking forever to do this type of work (that we do every day!)...Scheduled for today, happening today, finishing today....About 12 people in two crews, all the heavy equipment needed, coordination, cable being pulled, transformer lifted, set, and wired up, the whole nine yards in a nice safe manner...Done!

Thank you, Randy, for the pictures, and thanks to SDG&E for the professional and quick install.

I have noticed that in California, many sites have the distribution center and Supercharger Cabinets accessible. In most other states there is some sort of enclosure fence around the distribution center and Supercharger Cabinets. I don't see any signs of a fence going up at this San Diego site.

Does anyone know if there will be an enclosure fence in San Diego?