Supercharger - Seattle, WA - Ballard Way
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Yeah I've been passing through 2-3 times/week but just haven't been updating this thread every time. The pile of 2x4s actually is new within the last week, but nothing else has even been touched.
Took these yesterday. Forgot to post until now. We have parking bumpers and "bollards" on site so at least something is happening. From the size of the boxes and the labels, I believe the "bollards" are the yellow posts you often see placed around equipment to protect against vehicle impacts. I believe the label says "yellow powder coat pipe safety bollards."
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I reached out to Tesla supercharger via email, been a couple of days no update yet. Is there a way to contact the local building/property management?
So disappointing to see so little progress, this is heading in the same direction as Bellevue perhaps.
So disappointing to see so little progress, this is heading in the same direction as Bellevue perhaps.
It's likely worse than that. I mean they shipped and installed the wrong pedestals. I've never seen that before and I've followed literally hundreds of these supercharger builds.
Some good news... crew on site today and they said they should be done in a couple weeks. From my experience watching other supercharger builds, there are often delays with the power company and Tesla commissioning so I wouldn't count on using this one that soon, but hopefully it will be turned on before the holidays.
They also confirmed it would be a v2 supercharger. The issue was not with the pedestals but some type of spacing problem. Maybe that's what the 2x4s are for.
They also confirmed it would be a v2 supercharger. The issue was not with the pedestals but some type of spacing problem. Maybe that's what the 2x4s are for.
I’m excited to have a V2 in city limits at a free parking lot. Trader Joe’s will be seeing me more often!
scott1954wa
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Thank goodness there is forward movement! Now we just need Bellevue to go active.
Big Earl
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I'd be very curious to see the max rate when someone with a low SOC plugs in. There's a part of me that wonders if these will be rate limited to urban speeds, but in a v2 body. (Yeah, I know, crazy thoughts, but I'm just in disbelief that Tesla's actually installing a v2 here...)
This is exciting, whenever I can get across the border, I will be there, as I have to pick up Norwegian food in Ballard for my Norwegian Mom (and me, but no lutefisk)
That’s funny, my biggest reason looking forward to the border opening is to pick up good Persian food from Vancouver/N. Vancouver.
Here are some pics from earlier today. Still some work being done on at least one stall, but the fence is down and everything else looks fairly complete. The conduit from the switchgear runs along the ceiling to an electrical room on the other side of the parking garage (same floor), so unfortunately, I don't think we'll be able to follow the progress on the transformer and meter. I'm not sure if they would install those in the electrical room or if they get installed above ground with more conduit connecting them to the electrical room.
One other note... the paired stalls are back to back which seems like it will be kind of confusing, especially now that so few superchargers have pairing issues (it's really just a v2 thing at this point). I visited some old v2 superchargers on a recent road trip and was surprised to see all the Y drivers and many of the 3 drivers that were totally oblivious to pairing. Back in like 2017 or so pretty much everyone was aware of the pairing issue (of course they were pretty much all v2s and even some v1s back then!), but 2020 is a different story.
One other note... the paired stalls are back to back which seems like it will be kind of confusing, especially now that so few superchargers have pairing issues (it's really just a v2 thing at this point). I visited some old v2 superchargers on a recent road trip and was surprised to see all the Y drivers and many of the 3 drivers that were totally oblivious to pairing. Back in like 2017 or so pretty much everyone was aware of the pairing issue (of course they were pretty much all v2s and even some v1s back then!), but 2020 is a different story.
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In these pics I circled the conduit as it leaves the switchgear and then again as it enters the electrical room. In between, it snakes along the ceiling for something like a hundred feet. Kind of an unusual setup.
Northwest Electric and Solar trucks are at the site working so more progress is being made!
DSolie
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Word on the street is Ballard will be commissioned tonight, if traffic from Lacey isn't that bad... If it's bad, then she will go live TOMORROW!
No joy in Ballard tonight. I did notice something interesting though. When I drove by around 4pm, 2 of the stalls were open like the one in the picture above. But when I drove by around 9pm, they were all fastened up. So someone had been here working in between. Hopefully it will be activated tomorrow.
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