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Yeah totally. I think the main hurdle is just the fact that a DC circuit isn’t saving any significant money… But as a quality of life improvement, I could tota
by ccorcos 3y ago
Yeah totally.
I think the main hurdle is just the fact that a DC circuit isn’t saving any significant money… But as a quality of life improvement, I could totally see this as a selling point for rural homes: 100% off-grid for everything except for heating/cooling. StarLink is pretty power hungry, but still, DC scales up pretty easily.
I remember reading about there being a difference between a typical generator and an inverter generator. Apparently inverter generators are newer and more fuel efficient… so it’s interesting that even generators output DC these days…
- m463 3y agoI've noticed two things about inverter generators: noise - they are quieter because they decouple the frequency of the electricity from the generator RPM. "normal" generators turn at a fixed RPM, which becomes the 60hz component of the AC output. inverter generators allow the generator to run at lower speed that is generally much quieter. power - They seem to be smaller, usually less than about 3kw probably because the cost of the inverter scales with capacity. It's easier to package a 2kw sinewave inverter with an engine to get a modestly price generator. But I haven't seen 7kw inverter generators generally available. But looking for standalone inverters there seems to be a sharp increase in price of inverters of that size.