Supercharger - Springfield, VA

[jthompson]

@Big Earl - your posts rock!!! Thanks for keeping us in the know!

 

[Reddy Kilowatt]

Yes it looks like they put the cart before the horse paving the road there

 

[Big Earl]

I was thinking the same thing. Oops!

 

[Big Earl]

@Big Earl - your posts rock!!! Thanks for keeping us in the know!

My pleasure! I’m happy to share my curiosity with the group.

 

[Big Earl]

The conduit is being run to the transformer pad. The large spool is now mostly empty.

 

[Reddy Kilowatt]

Yes it would appear they bored the lines in. Now they fill in the hole and drop the precast base down and wait for the transformer to be set.

Thanks for the pic's.

 

[Big Earl]

It looks like the prep work for the transformer pad is almost complete.

 

[Reddy Kilowatt]

I would think so
Dominion should now show up plop the precast pad and transformer pull the wire all in one shot. May need a day for hook ups and Tesla contrActor to pull there side also.

Thanks for posting

 

[zambono]

Looks like they started work in Annapolis as well

 

[Big Earl]

Here it is, folks! The transformer pad has been installed and the wiring run.

 

[Reddy Kilowatt]

That’s probably the low voltage Tesla side but that’s great. There hiding the ends from the copper/ aluminum thieves sticking them in dominion’s pipe.

Dominon only needs a day to finish up.

Thanks for posting

 

[Big Earl]

Today is a big day! The transformer (1,000 kVA) got installed and the fencing around the site has been removed. Next steps: install meter and test.

Half of the spots (9 out of 18) are 30 minute general parking.

My apologies for the screwy pictures. For some reason TMC has been having issues with file uploads for the past few days and I’ve had to fight with it to get pictures posted.

 

[Bumper]

Thanks for the new pics. It's getting exciting! As for the 30 minute signs, I wonder who can get anything done in a big mall in 30 minutes. Seems like that will get abused unless it is monitored frequently.

 

[LS..]

Thanks too for the great pictures....looks impressive!

 

[crashvt]

Thanks for the new pics. It's getting exciting! As for the 30 minute signs, I wonder who can get anything done in a big mall in 30 minutes. Seems like that will get abused unless it is monitored frequently.

The parking lot can become a zoo on the weekends and some evenings. I hope that people see the chargers and stay away from them.

This could be a pretty popular charging stop for travelers being right at the mixing bowl.

 

[Reddy Kilowatt]

That aught to finish it up.

Big Earl, they didn’t hook up the meter? That work could have been done before the transformer was mounted. Maybe another cart in front of the horse.

I would say they would have it on line any day now. Possibly by the weekend?

 

[Big Earl]

That aught to finish it up.

Big Earl, they didn’t hook up the meter? That work could have been done before the transformer was mounted. Maybe another cart in front of the horse.

I would say they would have it on line any day now. Possibly by the weekend?

No meter as of yesterday. I drove by again today and there was a guy in an unmarked white van working on something inside of the switchgear. I assume he was hooking up the wiring for the meter, but I don't know for sure. I'll head over on my way home tonight to see if there's a meter in the box.

 

[Reddy Kilowatt]

No meter as of yesterday. I drove by again today and there was a guy in an unmarked white van working on something inside of the switchgear. I assume he was hooking up the wiring for the meter, but I don't know for sure. I'll head over on my way home tonight to see if there's a meter in the box.

I believe you are correct. They maybe landing the mains in the gear also.

Hopefully the lights are on tonight.

 

[luckyj]

Mt. Jackson took about three weeks to get the meter installed and go-live after everything else was installed. So meter last is not out of the ordinary. But fingers crossed for something sooner than three weeks...

 

[Big Earl]

The meter is in but the power is still off. It’s busy here tonight with the parking lot just about full but there are no cars ICEing the Superchargers (hooray)!