Supercharger - San Jose, CA - Coleman Ave (LIVE 31 Aug 2018, 12 stalls)

[Dag]

Dropped by today...work centered around the transformer pad, electrical cabinets and underground wiring.

 

[DOCAL]

Dropped by today...work centered around the transformer pad, electrical cabinets and underground wiring.

Looks like you did a tour of the bay yesterday, nice work.

 

[Dag]

Looks like you did a tour of the bay yesterday, nice work.

I try to visit all the under construction chargers in the south bay area every weekend. Gives me an excuse to drive the car.

 

[PLUS EV]

I try to visit all the under construction chargers in the south bay area every weekend. Gives me an excuse to drive the car.

Thank you for your service!!

 

[Pinegreen]

I try to visit all the under construction chargers in the south bay area every weekend. Gives me an excuse to drive the car.

Thank you for your updates. They are greatly appreciated.

 

[Dag]

More work done around the electrical pads this week. No digging yet for the pedestals.

 

[Pinegreen]

Weird how the installation seems to go so fast in certain locations (like Los Gatos) and so much slower in others... maybe it's just me.

 

[Ulmo]

Weird how the installation seems to go so fast in certain locations (like Los Gatos) and so much slower in others... maybe it's just me.

It’s hard to peg down. For instance, I’m about to post a contradiction to what you said about Los Gatos in that thread ...

 

[Dag]

The appearance of concrete around the electrical pads was completed today.

 

[Ulmo]

The appearance of concrete around the electrical pads was completed today.

They have a lot of equipment space at that site. I like it.

Now, I got curious why they have so much extra equipment space. I went back and looked at your map. They put a lot of effort in the design of that area to have a triangle there, but it doesn't make any sense why they'd have a triangle right there. It could have gone straight into Autumn street ("Parkway"). But they did that and that's the result.

 

[Ulmo]

These precast pedestal mounts are great for passing through and receiving conduit. Furthermore, they allow conduit to be laid, pedestals installed, and wire run, without the trench even being inspected yet. This allows a huge amount of work flexibility to happen, so inspection appointments are way easier and cheaper. They can call for inspection exactly when everything is done reducing the number of visits, or when the trench has been laid, and continue working while waiting for the inspector, maybe getting even more done for that visit. All of that saves time and money. Also, not having concrete rolls for the pedestals saves on delivery, placement, and finishing of the concrete. This is awesome!

Tesla SuperCharger precast pedestals

 

[Dag]

Pics from the visit today.

 

[jeff mccabe]

Moving right along !

If they keep this up, well be charging their by Halloween

Jeff

 

[JoelW]

Thx for the pics!

 

[jgd108]

Do you guys think it'll be done in the next 10 days?

 

[mblakele]

Do you guys think it'll be done in the next 10 days?

No, sorry. It might be possible, but I expect there will be delays around inspections and utilities.

 

[DOCAL]

Bunch of people working on it today, some digging, but looks like it's still got a while to go.

 

[Nrazar]

Damn. I hope they get this and the Los Gatos one done quick! I feel like these locations are a good step towards making charging extremely convenient.

 

[Pinegreen]

Checked it pt today around 3:45pm. Green fences were up so couldn't see much. There were a bunch of workers digging and piles of gravel and dirt.

 

[Dag]

Drive by this morning. Progress on the electrical cabinets pads and work on trenches for the stalls have started, with some stall pads installed. Didn't see any electrical lines to and from pads, maybe be to early.