Bobbo8
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The 2 entrances to Sheets are on the east side of the lot fronting on Maynard street. . The Superchargers are in the south west corner of the lot near the car wash. You would be driving west along the south side of the lot past the gas pumps on the right and the underground tank filling area on the left. The Superchargers are on the left just beyond the underground tank filling area.I'll be towing into this site. I wonder how close I'll be to Maynard's street pulling in off the street.
Yes. Today I went over and found a Model S parked there with no electricians present.Any updates??
Yes. Today I went over and found a Model S parked there with no electricians present.
One of the electrical cabinets had the door open. After a few minutes a man walked out from the Sheets. I talked to him and found out that he was from Tesla.
While I was there, he adjusted the trip current for each of the 2 main breakers in the opened cabinet. He didn’t know when they would switch it on, that was not in his control. I asked if he would stay there until they came back to turn it on to test the system. he said no, but another Tesla person would return after they turn on the system to test it with a car that he/she would drive there in.
The model S that he was driving was a loaner from the Devon PA location. He, was from out of state.
I asked him how long would it take after the system is switched on for it to show up on the maps. I didn’t quite understand his answer but it seemed like the person that switches on the system will use a laptop computer on site to update Tesla so that it would then become available on the maps.
He comfirmed to me that it is indeed a V3 site. I asked him why the alpha numeric designations scribbled in grease pen or something on the back of the charging stations were marked that way. What I had seen was that they were marked 1A through 1D and then 2A through 2D. Based on his answer, I understand now that we have a Cabinet from the power company followed by a cabinet that acts as a very large junction box followed by a cabinet containing the two main circuit breakers splitting the system up into side 1 (1A-1D) and a side 2 (2A-2D). The two circuits then move onto the last box which contains electronics that interface with the charging stations that the cars plug into. Smaller conduit entering the last cabinet were confirmed by him to be for data communication lines.
He confirmed to me that there would be no power sharing between cars because this is a true V3 station.
Does the permit data support this claim? The handful of V3 stations I've seen data for don't seem to allocate 250kW x the number of stalls, which would be required to avoid power sharing. The one going up near me doesn't even support 100kW per stall, based on the permit paperwork. Is this site truly capable of drawing 2 megawatts of power?He confirmed to me that there would be no power sharing between cars because this is a true V3 station.
I am pretty sure this V3 charging station does not have batteries. One reason may be that the Sheets station was completely torn down and rebuilt. In anticipation that it would have a supercharging station, they made sure that the power made available was adequate. There is a significant powerline right next to the station.V3 Superchargers should have local battery storage so don't necessarily need 2MW of power draw.
I am pretty sure this V3 charging station does not have batteries. One reason may be that the Sheets station was completely torn down and rebuilt. In anticipation that it would have a supercharging station, they made sure that the power made available was adequate. There is a significant powerline right next to the station.
Thanks for posting these (I'd use the +1/thanks function on your post, but I guess I need more posts of my own before I have permissions to rate posts... or add a profile pic).It looks to me that a full 250kw charge may only possible with 2-3 vehicles simultaneously as long as there is no more cars charging. I leave it to others to do the math (and guessing).
It says that the max continuous AC input is 430A. At 480V, that's only 206.4kW...
Right, of course, thank you. That's less power than I'd like to see, but I do think that 1MW would be serious overkill. Last I heard, the LR Model 3 will only charge at 250kW up to about 20% SoC, and it begins to drop off after that. The Y will most likely have similar limits, since it's reportedly using the same battery pack as the 3. I don't know if the Raven Models S/X can charge at 250kW, but I understand that the pre-Raven models can't hit 250kW at all. Given that, I'd think that 120-150kW per stall would be sufficient to provide power without significantly limiting people very often.Not quite. The 480V is 3-phase. [...]
It's still far short of the 1MW that in theory the V3 Supercharger cabinet should be able to deliver, so I'm not sure how to interpret that, other than to assume that this label is PER OUTPUT (notice that it does state 4 outputs at the top).