• desktop_user
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    7 hours ago

    high voltage DC, it was a bad idea in the past due to the difficulty of changing voltage, but Buck boost converters exist now, as due inverters.

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      6 hours ago

      Tell this idea to an electrical engineer, and bring a stopwatch to time how many minutes they laugh for

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      5 hours ago

      Now imagine replacing all transformers with buck-boost converters…