Supercharger - San Ramon, CA - San Ramon Valley Blvd. (LIVE 10 Dec 2021, 16 V3 stalls)

[israndy]

Where are all the solar canopies we were promised? Isn't that what the megapack is for? But I guess buying cheap power and not going into the highest tier of demand is also a good thing

 

[DoItDiff]

Still no transformer (or Megapack). The worker there said they're in the process of installing the wiring to get power to the Supercharger site. After that, we're on the transformer watch anew.

 

[BigDaddyKevin]

passed by last Saturday and everything is still covered up

 

[Hazelwood]

They took the wrappers off the chargers, but still missing the last piece.

 

[gtok]

Transformers are in (green at the end)

 

[bmah]

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Transformers are in (green at the end)

Great news and a great first post!

Random thing: When the charging cabinets were first installed, they didn't have the "Tesla Energy" covering bags over them. They got bagged sometime during the summer.

Bruce.

 

[bmah]

Did a pass by here this evening. No significant changes that I can see...looks pretty much the same as post #45 above (well except it was dark).

Bruce.

 

[jboy210]

Did a pass by here this evening. No significant changes that I can see...looks pretty much the same as post #45 above (well except it was dark).

Bruce.

Bummer. Dublin is always packed. I wish this place would hurry up and open.

 

[Limited]

Not sure what the hold up is.

 

[Hazelwood]

I'm guessing the holdup is the street destruction going on around the area.

 

[Hazelwood]

Looks like they're live now. Showing up in my nav.

 

[drewponthbeat]

15 of 16 stalls currently available. One has caution tape around it. But it’s open!

 

[bmah]

@MarcoRP @corywright @Chuq ^^^

See you there @Randy Spencer ?

Bruce.

 

[israndy]

Leaving now, we need to get each other’s numbers so we can coordinate

 

[guomatt]

I don’t know why, but this charger seems to never get past 200kw in a model 3 lr. Today it was charging at around 70kw

 

[guomatt]

I don’t know why, but this charger seems to never get past 200kw in a model 3 lr. Today it was charging at around 70kw

 

[Big Earl]

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70 kW happens at around 70% state of charge. So this seems perfectly normal. You're only going to get over 200 kW if you're below 25-30%. Try arriving at 15% with your battery preconditioned (navigate to supercharger) and see what happens.

 

[israndy]

It is kinda classic that you think the Supercharger near you always charges slow. You get in the car and see it needs charging so you head to the supercharger, you see that it says "Preconditioning" but when you get there it's not charging quickly. This is largely because it take a good amount of time to get the car from ambient to the 110°. I now always charge before I check into the hotel for that exact reason, do it when it's already warm.

I put a little computer in my car that connects to the CANbuss (CanServer) so I could see what temp the car was at. Made it a lot more clear why sometimes the car charges quickly and others not.

Plus of course what Big Earl said above, that's the most important determination of charge speed.

 

[Watts_Up]

I put a little computer in my car that connects to the CANbuss (CanServer) so I could see what temp the car was at. Made it a lot more clear why sometimes the car charges quickly and others not.

Can you access remoteley your car and use the ScanMyTesla App or download log files from it?

 

[israndy]

Only via WiFi, but yes. The default way the device works is powering off when you get out of the car, but if it's wired to power differently it will stay on for 1/2 an hour, or if wired to the battery it can always be on. It joins your home network so you can access it from any computer.