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How do we create or adapt infrastructure within homes or workplaces so that DC appliances can be adopted?
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It may be worth considering low power DC first. There are a lot of items that use less than 100W, so how about a low power DC standard of, say, 48V with connectors rated at, say 10A? Would these connectors need components to allow for hot plug/unplug ( inductor to limit di/dt on plug in, snubber/diode to control overshoot on breaking)? Could a universal connector be suitable across the world and in vehicles as well? What would it take to introduce such a standard connector - probably both ISO standards and commitment by manufacturers.
This may not met all requirements, but could be a very useful development. The nearest we have at present is USB - up to about 2A at 5V - and that has been very widely accepted.
It may be worth considering low power DC first. There are a lot of items that use less than 100W, so how about a low power DC standard of, say, 48V with connectors rated at, say 10A? Would these connectors need components to allow for hot plug/unplug ( inductor to limit di/dt on plug in, snubber/diode to control overshoot on breaking)? Could a universal connector be suitable across the world and in vehicles as well? What would it take to introduce such a standard connector - probably both ISO standards and commitment by manufacturers.
This may not met all requirements, but could be a very useful development. The nearest we have at present is USB - up to about 2A at 5V - and that has been very widely accepted.
