Sorry Shumdit. I went up to Santee from Charleston today because I wanted to drive my week old Model S to Augusta to record a midnight service on Christmas Eve, coming back on Christmas Day. But it looks like finding a place to eat, much less a recharge, will be a real challenge on Christmas Day. Santee would have been ideal since there is a Waffle House across the street from Clark's Restaurant, which is, of course, open 24-7/365. So I share your pain. It's back to the Accord.
The contractor was very friendly and helpful. I'm sure he would have turned the thing on if he could. But he gave me a complicated explanation of why he couldn't. If I understood him correctly, the supercharger equipment is too new to have been rated by Underwriters Laboratory. So Tesla is hiring an independent company to test and approve each installation. The testing company has fallen behind because so many superchargers are coming on-line right now. (I wonder if this is a consequence of the earlier Tesla supercharger map that showed the East Coast covered by Fall 2013, tomorrow being the Winter Solstice.)
He also said that he had come from doing the Chicago supercharger site, and was currently working on both the Lumberton and Santee superchargers. The trucks were labelled "J.Rank, Mt. Pleasant, MI." I know Tesla has been very closed-mouth about the superchargers, and I really don't want to get this guy into any kind of trouble with Tesla. He is clearly the kind of person Tesla should be hiring. He said I was the fifth owner to come by the Santee site. He was impressed with Tesla, the technology, the interest and enthusiasm of the owners ("It's like joining a club to buy one of these.") He said they have a schedule of many supercharger sites across the country in 2014, "and we are not the only contractor." So I think the supercharger revolution is truly ramping up. I asked him what it was like working in Santee (which is pretty far out in the woods, swamps and lakes). He said the local electrical supply house only delivers to Santee once a week, so he was making frequent two hour trips to the nearest Home Depot. But he pointed out that the weather made up for that. He was wearing a short sleeve shirt, which I bet did not see much use in Chicago.
He implied he would be going to MI for a brief break next week. So I don't think he will be back on-site before January 3rd. But some one will be there on the 27th. I plan to drive up there that day just to see if I can learn anything else. It is just under 70 miles from my home in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. I assume that someone from J. Rank will be there with the representative of the testing company. After that, my guy says Santee will go live and pop up on the in-car list of superchargers.
airj1012, I am one of those old people who is incapable of seeing a use for social media. A Google employee once told me that if I wanted to participate in social media and remain anonymous, I should join Google+. So I did, despite the fact that I believe he was making an ironic comment.
scoots
The contractor was very friendly and helpful. I'm sure he would have turned the thing on if he could. But he gave me a complicated explanation of why he couldn't. If I understood him correctly, the supercharger equipment is too new to have been rated by Underwriters Laboratory. So Tesla is hiring an independent company to test and approve each installation. The testing company has fallen behind because so many superchargers are coming on-line right now. (I wonder if this is a consequence of the earlier Tesla supercharger map that showed the East Coast covered by Fall 2013, tomorrow being the Winter Solstice.)
He also said that he had come from doing the Chicago supercharger site, and was currently working on both the Lumberton and Santee superchargers. The trucks were labelled "J.Rank, Mt. Pleasant, MI." I know Tesla has been very closed-mouth about the superchargers, and I really don't want to get this guy into any kind of trouble with Tesla. He is clearly the kind of person Tesla should be hiring. He said I was the fifth owner to come by the Santee site. He was impressed with Tesla, the technology, the interest and enthusiasm of the owners ("It's like joining a club to buy one of these.") He said they have a schedule of many supercharger sites across the country in 2014, "and we are not the only contractor." So I think the supercharger revolution is truly ramping up. I asked him what it was like working in Santee (which is pretty far out in the woods, swamps and lakes). He said the local electrical supply house only delivers to Santee once a week, so he was making frequent two hour trips to the nearest Home Depot. But he pointed out that the weather made up for that. He was wearing a short sleeve shirt, which I bet did not see much use in Chicago.
He implied he would be going to MI for a brief break next week. So I don't think he will be back on-site before January 3rd. But some one will be there on the 27th. I plan to drive up there that day just to see if I can learn anything else. It is just under 70 miles from my home in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. I assume that someone from J. Rank will be there with the representative of the testing company. After that, my guy says Santee will go live and pop up on the in-car list of superchargers.
airj1012, I am one of those old people who is incapable of seeing a use for social media. A Google employee once told me that if I wanted to participate in social media and remain anonymous, I should join Google+. So I did, despite the fact that I believe he was making an ironic comment.
scoots
