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		triceratops 75 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid ... That's still not a lot. Less than a hairdryer uses.

kragen 74 days ago [–]

A heavily used hairdryer is typically in use for 5 minutes per day, so a 1500-watt-peak hairdryer might average 5.2 watts. It needs 1500 watts of batteries (say, 3kWh of 0.5C batteries, or 0.4kWh of 4C batteries), not 1500 watts of solar panels.

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