Sharp Announces Sales of DC Powered Air Conditioner, Other Products To Follow

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @09:30PM from the directly-powered dept.

AmiMoJo writes: Sharp has announced that sales of DC powered air conditioners will begin by the end of the year. Most appliances use the standard AC electricity supply in homes, but as solar panels become more common switching to DC can save on conversion losses. Solar panels produce DC, which is then typically converted to AC before being fed into the house's wiring, and then converted back to DC again by appliances. Sharp has announced that it intends to produce a range of DC powered appliances for home use.

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will be really useful in the shantytown! by Anonymous Coward · 2015-07-29 21:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

The guys call our homeless spot Obamaville, cause be we all had jobs before Obama was elected to that top spot. It sure do get hot in the summer under the bridge. Now we can hook up the portable solar panels to a portable air conditioner and wheel the whole thing around in a stolen Walmart shopping cart, life is gonna be great. Who needs indoors when you can live outdoors, you know what I'm saying?