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Originally Posted by supernova1965
I mentioned that early in the thread and it sank like a stone barely a ripple  |
For high wattage appliances low voltage means high current, hence higher distribution losses. You have to use very thick wire to minimize this...in short it's not practical.
As an example, the power (i.e wall) cable on 110V steam irons in the USA are noticably warmer than the 240V versions we run at home.
.....the heat in the power cable is wasted energy.