Supercharger - Shoreline, WA (Under Construction Aug 2023, 12 V3 stalls)

[Mrbrock]

A dig ticket has been filed by Blackstone to install a 10 stall SuperCharger at the Trader Joe’s at 1201 N 175th St in Shoreline, WA.

https://www.searchandstatus.com/war...Mqf0ZYyo/52EDpOH5hNc0wSLIvAZljq1ClEXch7uOQiKr

Site development and right of way permits have been applied for by Kimley Horn but have not been approved or issued. An electrical permit has not been filed either.

 

[Astrochimp]

Great location! Reasonably convenient to I-5, shopping and facilities, restaurants. I hope this site advances faster than the one in Lynnwood WA, which seems to be (ahem) stalled on waiting for a transformer.

 

[Mrbrock]

Electrical permit has been filed.

 

[JSergeant]

Equipment is there and area fenced off.

 

[ImScotty]

@Big Earl gimme that construction cone!

 

[Mrbrock]

Electrical permit has been filed.
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Electrical permit Is for 12 posts while the Kimley Horn development permit is for 10 dedicated chargers. Interesting wording.

 

[MyJoule]

It's possible it's only 10 stalls, but the equipment cabinets in the picture should support 12 stalls ( 4 per cabinet) Maybe there is a reason they can't put in 12?

 

[Astrochimp]

Great location with charging sites along the north side of the parking lot, opposite Trader Joe's and just across the street from city hall.

From inspecting the site, AFAICT the digging has begun for at least 11 charging stalls so probably 12.

 

[Mrbrock]

It's possible it's only 10 stalls, but the equipment cabinets in the picture should support 12 stalls ( 4 per cabinet) Maybe there is a reason they can't put in 12?

But they likely wouldn’t have applied for an electrical permit for 12 stalls. I am guess the word dedicated is very intentional. 10 stalls for dedicated charging and either 2 for general parking and charging or 2 ADA stalls that aren’t dedicated to charging. Probably has something to do with total number of spots available in the lot or ADA or something similar. We will see once they put in the posts.

 

[Kuhz]

Perhaps they’ll be marked in green? One can hope….. the few times I’ve been there the lot is busy

 

[Astrochimp]

Some more digging going on, but equipment still seems to be in original packaging behind some temporary fencing.

 

[Astrochimp]

... progress...

 

[Astrochimp]

Work ongoing this morning. 12 post foundations!

 

[ImScotty]

@Mrbrock dual pipes... V4?

 

[Mrbrock]

@Mrbrock dual pipes... V4?

It’s hard to tell if that’s a second smaller conduit or just an anchor stud. The lack of a box of V3 posts along with the cabinets might be more telling at this point. It looks like any sites with only bases and cabinets might be waiting for V4 posts.

 

[supergeek]

In the picture looking down the trench it sure looks like a second run of conduit running to every post:

 

[ImScotty]

In the picture looking down the trench it sure looks like a second run of conduit running to every post:
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Tukwila had this exact same setup with a larger gray conduit and a smaller white conduit to each post. But when they poured concrete they only left the gray conduit above grade… when looking at that site V3 posts were in boxes. I’m hopeful that this will be a V4 but I am very confused about these new conduits.

 

[Mrbrock]

Could be installing with future upgrading in mind. Small conduit is cheap to put in now.

 

[Astrochimp]

Work ongoing this morning. 12 post foundations! View attachment 981922View attachment 981923

Correction: 11 post foundations, because one of the chargers will be pull-in and doesn't have a foundation I can see as of 10.15.2023

 

[supergeek]

Took a closer look on my way past today. Definitely just one conduit sticking out of the top of the pedestals. Nothing else looked different on the site: