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Comment Re:Will this be enough to charge everything? (Score 1) 246

No, these are to help reduce costs from low power devices that are always on and vampire draw (things that still use power while supposedly off).

Or possibly spike usage from a hair dryer or window AC unit. 1200w for 120v is around 10 amps assuming a 1.0 power factor.

It would cover all of your LED light bulbs; even incandecents, if, you know, the lights were only on during the sunlight hours :D

Comment Re:Not so fast (Score 1) 59

Over here in the US the poles still have everything else. Is your electricity all under ground or something?

Digging out isn't hard, any heavy equipment that pulls straight up usually doesn't have an issue. If it does cut the pole off at ground level.

The poles can be retasked as fence posts on farmland.

Comment Re:Meanwhile, In America (Score 1) 59

All around here the utility poles are overburdened by the weight of fiber, no pole stands straight for long anymore (although that could just be the new-growth stock used to make the poles) it doesn't even look safe beyond that of just being ugly.

In the local neighborhoods most of the copper is below ground, that's not going to be cost effective if you have to dig. It's been down there since the 60s and started having frequent connection point issues around the 90s.

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