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Re:Pre-built solar homes could make renewable energy almost ... by holoduke on Sunday September 29, 2019 @07:49PM (#21110440)
Converting DC voltage is unlike AC with transformers not easy or practical.
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Re:Pre-built solar homes could make renewable energy almost ... by makomk on Sunday September 29, 2019 @08:08PM (#21110545)
Very few AC-powered devices even use traditional transformers anymore. Mostly they have some kind of switch-mode power supply which immediately rectifies the AC to DC. (Better and higher-power supplies have complicated active power factor correction circuits to do this.) Then they convert that high-voltage DC to low-voltage DC.
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