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Heh, the German Schuko plug tops out at ~3680W @240V. And that thing is chunky even compared to the US NEMA plug. To increase the wattage with such tiny wires,
by nolist_policy 3y ago
Heh, the German Schuko plug tops out at ~3680W @240V. And that thing is chunky even compared to the US NEMA plug.
To increase the wattage with such tiny wires, you need to increase voltage a lot. Imagine auto-negotiating at 5kV.
- Eisenstein 3y ago5kV would need the wires really far apart to prevent arcing, no?
- 0_____0 3y agoThe cables would be chunkier but not THAT weird looking. The connectors on the other hand would be wild. You'd have a cluster of deeply shielded contacts, and mechanically actuated shutters might be employed. I have no idea how you would address wet environments other than "GFCI everything"
- bafe 3y agoThat's why power hungry devices are usually connected to a three phase plug. This aside, I think the best would have most outlet keeping the current national standards (let's not forget they deliver AC which is still need by a decreasing number of electric motors) and add a second residential DC circuit using a USB-C outlet