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How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage

Posted by timothy on from the avoiding-another-conversion dept.

CIStud writes with a story at CEPro suggesting that solar power and home batteries like Tesla's PowerWall "will force the reinvention of home wiring from primarily AC high voltage to DC home-run low voltage to reduce power conversion loss," writing "To avoid the 20% to 40% power loss when converting from DC to AC, home wiring will have to convert to home-run low-voltage, and eventually eliminate the need for high-voltage 110V electrical wiring." As a former full-time Airstream dweller, I can attest to the importance of DC appliances when dealing with batteries.

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  1. Will This Fight Ever End? by pollarda · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'd think the fight between Edison and Tesla would have ended long after their deaths. Clearly not. It is a good thing their graves aren't near each other, if they were, there would surely be lighting bolts going back and forth.

    1. Re:Will This Fight Ever End? by camperdave · · Score: 5, Funny

      Back and forth? Sounds like AC for the win!

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    2. Re:Will This Fight Ever End? by mi · · Score: 1, Funny

      Well, Edison did have a point that AC is more dangerous. There is a dead elephant to prove it.

      Topsy, executed for killing three men, was killed with the "evil" Alternating Current. But that, in itself, says nothing about it being less or more dangerous than the alternative (Direct Current). Edison realized it, of course, but the public — just as short on attention span as it is now — did not... Ehh, if only those people had the Internet! They would've argued with and trolled each other without having to bother with elephants or the like...

      How funny is it, that the name Tesla will now be associated with the Direct Current, that Edison was pushing during the War of Currents?

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  2. Re:oh the Irony by Immerman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, as soon as someone invents the AC battery we can switch back...

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  3. Re:Low voltage? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just because we're all dim bulbs doesn't mean we're low voltage. There is a lot of resistance around here.

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  4. Re:Low voltage? by ArcadeMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    640Hz should be enough for everybody.

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  5. Re:Tesla enables Edison to win the endgame? by Lab+Rat+Jason · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like the fight about currents has been rectified then?

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  6. Re: Tesla enables Edison to win the endgame? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the Tesla Powerwall starts shining, it's best to move away from it as quickly as you can.