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Comment by lutusp

8 hours ago

>> Power Supply: 12 V DC (≈1.5 kW peak)

> That's a lot of juice for 12VDC

Indeed it is. It's 125 amps, which apart from car starting motors is essentially unheard of because of wiring losses. I think the article somehow got this wrong.

At these power levels, rational designs raise the source voltage, then down-convert closer to the loads.

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