625
Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them (www.npr.org)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
245 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] -4 points 7 months ago (5 children)

1200 incoming + 1 hairdryer at the same time equals overloaded circuit though.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    That's now how that works. You got 1200 coming in and 1200 going out, so the solar would just power the dryer directly.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I think the risk is more that someone has a 15A-rated outlet on a 15A circuit breaker, plugs a solar panel into one socket and then a power strip with 30A of space heaters into the other socket. Breaker doesn't trip because the main panel is only providing 15A, but the outlet lights on fire.

    Not sure why that isn't a problem in places these are more common.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •