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Comment Split phase power (Score 1) 246

The companies selling these products like to imply that you will be able to power your whole house with their systems. Guess what, they can't. Because most US panels use split phase to break the 240V incoming into 120V circuits, you only get your plug-in solar feeding half the breakers in your panel. Now, in order to do plug-in solar properly, you should have a dedicated plug for the inverter. While you have the electrician there, have them arrange the breakers on your panel so your large draws (AC, washing machine, etc) are on the same leg as your dedicated solar plug.

Comment scare wording (Score 3, Funny) 59

"is working on the measure to bar imports of new Chinese optical transceivers, which allow data to travel over fiber-optic cables at the speed of light within data centers" Oooh, scary. These are so high tech that they have been used in data centers for 30 years now. Maybe they should ban capacitors from China because these alternating plates of ceramic have the ability to cripple data centers when they fail.

Comment Re:Custom eReaders? (Score 1) 45

It's very possible to build an eReader with an esp32, but you wouldn't save a lot of money making your own reader. Amazon makes some money on the base model because they are buying 1000s at a time. Part of what you pay for in a Kindle is the fit & finish. It's highly unlikely that you could build a device that would be as watertight as a Paperwhite. The real margin comes from those premium models.

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