Supercharger - Swartz Creek, MI

[mhinterseher]

I highly recommend to observe if your car is charging before you leave the location, otherwise Finagle’s law will apply and your car will not be charging at the most inconvenient time as I learned the hard way...
Finagle's law - Wikipedia
BTW I’m convinced QM applies due to all the electrons being pushed around — poor suckers

 

[Thp3]

Yes!

Charging is a quantum effect. However it may be a Quantum Zeno effect. ( What Is the Quantum Zeno Effect? ). I’ve empirically observed that if supercharging doesn’t not start or is limited to less than 50 kw then it’s beneficial to move the car to another charging stall. If you don’t observe and measure the supercharging, the quantum effect will result and you won’t get the charge you’d like.

There seems to be an “action through distance” effect too. I often get the fastest charge when I take the stall closest to the transformer. It’s almost like those lazy electrons prefer to take the shortest route. Just my observation...

When the observation measures a “bad charge” then I berate myself for not checking our teslamotors posting colleague who publishes all the “good” stalls they’ve used. I wonder if those measurements decay, and without observation the charging stall returns to the quantum state of “maybe, maybe not”? (Scientifically often called, “spin up or spin down”)

So I just observe, measure and if needed, switch stalls.

 

[IT Geek]

Well, I did see a Tesla parked at this charger last week on Friday...

Mostly because I parked my Tesla there and then took a picture.

No change a week later.

 

[rjshar]

Just drove by on I69... Looks like the peds are in!!!

 

[mrau]

Eureka !!! The coldest day here in a long time at 20° F with 8" snow, but they started putting up pedestals today in Swartz Creek.

My "drone" talked to one of the workers and they said the delay was due to deciding between Ver 2 or Ver 3 chargers. Not sure if that is true, but that is what the workers believe. They said these are Ver 2. Happy to see some progress.

 

[Big Earl]

Eureka !!! The coldest day here in a long time at 20° F with 8" snow, but they started putting up pedestals today in Swartz Creek.

My "drone" talked to one of the workers and they said the delay was due to deciding between Ver 2 or Ver 3 chargers. Not sure if that is true, but that is what the workers believe. They said these are Ver 2. Happy to see some progress.

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It’s nice to see a big push for Thanksgiving despite the crappy weather.

 

[IT Geek]

Sweet. I might have to find an excuse to go to Flint again soon for work...

 

[mrau]

There are nine pedestals installed at Swartz Creek. #10 (the pull straight in spot) is not installed. The cement work for that pedestal had not been completed. Hopefully that doesn't extend the Power-Up date any longer. This location will have cars parked on both sides of the pedestals. That is why some of them are pretty close to each other.

Hopefully it will be working soon, maybe even by @Big Earl 's Thanksgiving dinner.

 

[Big Earl]

There are nine pedestals installed at Swartz Creek. #10 (the pull straight in spot) is not installed. The cement work for that pedestal had not been completed. Hopefully that doesn't extend the Power-Up date any longer. This location will have cars parked on both sides of the pedestals. That is why some of them are pretty close to each other.

Hopefully it will be working soon, maybe even by @Big Earl 's Thanksgiving dinner.

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My Thanksgiving dinner is in Washington State this year. Christmas is in Michigan ... maybe I'll stop by to check these out.

 

[kdegraaf]

That image is hurting my OCD something fierce. Did they just scatter some confetti in the wind and plunk down a pedestal wherever a piece landed?

 

[mociaf9]

That image is hurting my OCD something fierce. Did they just scatter some confetti in the wind and plunk down a pedestal wherever a piece landed?

They are placed to serve both sides of the same parking island. The stalls will be aligned with the red bollards or lamp post at the head and cars will back up to those on both sides of the island and have a connector in the usual spot to their rear left. Except the leftmost car on the same side as the person who took the picture will pull forward into that space and there's a base out of frame to the left that will eventually get a pedestal there.

Here's what it would look like from above (sorry for the MS Paint). The spacing isn't quite right and the pedestals may be all in a straight line instead of slightly offset, but you'll get the idea. Black boxes are the pedestals with green arrows showing which parking stall it will serve. Red circles are the bollards and the grey circle is the lamp post base.

 

[tomsModelS]

@mociaf9 ... nicely done graphic! Thanks!

 

[kdegraaf]

They are placed to serve both sides of the same parking island.

Yeah, I get that, but the gaps between the pedestals, bollards, light poles, etc. seem massively inconsistent to me, unlike your diagram where everything is spaced out neatly.

OCD aside, I'm just happy that this SC is almost online. It will add a bunch of flexibility to our trips between Hudsonville and Tuscola County.

 

[iaflyer]

Glad the pedestals are being installed. It fill a need gap between the US-23 corridor of Michigan and the thumb.

 

[M109Rider]

We’re planning a trip to Frankenmuth in the coming weeks.
It sure would be nice to have this up and running. arriving in Frankenmuth with no great charging options is a pain.
last time I visited, I had to charge to 100% at the closet supercharger, in order to get there and back. It worked out fine, but it would be much easier if this location was up and running by then.
Looks like it’s days away from opening.
Hope that’s the case.

 

[mrau]

Stop by the Swartz Creek SC location today. There was one guy there working on the "Pull-in" pedestal location. He was mixing up cement in a wheel barrow and pouring it in the Pedestal foundation. Looks like they will finish all the pedestal installs before turning on the power. Not sure how long the cement has to set before they can put the pedestal in. At least it was above freezing today.

 

[mrau]

They did more work today at Swartz Creek SC. They were wiring all the pedestals. They installed a pedestal at the “pull in” position where they poured cement a few days ago. It looks like they removed the far end pedestal too. Not sure if it was sitting some place on the ground or if it was moved to the “pull in” position.

 

[mrau]

This is Swartz Creek SC today with all 10 pedestals in place. Signs are up as well.
Looks like everything is installed and should be working soon.

 

[79yofridge]

Thank you for your diligent reporting @mrau!

 

[IT Geek]

Looks like everything is installed and should be working soon.

Yeah, looks like the next steps are to get some power flowing (if it isn't already) and then get Tesla on the scene to commission the site. We'll know that part is done when the stalls get numbered. Then it should be good to go.