If someone would be willing to EL5 this for me, I'd be deeply appreciative.

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[–] 2 points 5 months ago

Even at ELI5, I'd nuance this. Big things like fridges and washing machines use AC, most small things like phones and laptops use DC, and have to have the AC that comes out of our wall sockets converted to DC before they can use it. This wastes a bit of energy. If you can, run small appliances straight from DC to avoid those conversion losses

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