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I’m amazed that you can legally sell any device that plugs into a normal receptacle and generates power for that circuit.
by Waterluvian 1y ago
I’m amazed that you can legally sell any device that plugs into a normal receptacle and generates power for that circuit.
- caymanjim 1y agoWhy? It's just a battery charger. They are basic-ass components and there are a zillion UL-listed lithium chargers that are perfectly safe and in common use. There a many problems with this article, but the fact that it includes a battery charger is not one of them.
- sowbug 1y agoNone of the equipment in this article does that. It takes power from the grid the way any appliance does; it optionally charges by solar; and it provides power the same way a UPS does, using ordinary female power sockets. But there are devices out there that do feed power over the exposed prongs of a male plug. They're called "suicide cords" for good reason.
- Waterluvian 1y agoAh. I saw a whole thing about solar panels for balconies that did exactly this. I skimmed the article and thought I saw the same idea. I missed that it’s just charging a battery.
- Waterluvian 1y agoAh! These… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45485806 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45485806