Back in the lab after #CES2024 … preview of what peak performance (10kW) looks like vs. a gas stove (2.1-2.2ish kW equivalent) @ImpulseLabs_
— Sam D'Amico (@sdamico) January 13, 2024
Note the water is already hot (at 10kW it goes from faucet temperature to boiling in <40 seconds) pic.twitter.com/et39VG9vhc
Its over for gascels
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Their battery included with the stove thing is awesome too, it'll definitely burn some houses down and explode some transformers, but it's a sick concept
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Its an LFP so it isnt as suicidal as a normal a lithium battery
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Even if it was a hamster in an asbestos wheel, 4x burners peaking at 10kW + grid feed-in suggests stuff could explode if you dump current at the wrong time
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What's the big deal, you're only pulling a bitcoin mining set ups worth of energy to boil some water. Surely nothing could go wrong
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Just live in a pod, eat bugs, and prepare your dinner at your centrally-scheduled meal-preparation time so the grid doesn't melt, chud!
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your wifes face when your battery runs out in 20 minutes off of the 3kwh battery in the middle of cooking and you have to explain to her she has to wait a few hours to turn it on again because you were too cheap to run a 240v line and install a normal cooktop.
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Gas lines have famously never caused an explosion
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I'm so happy in the CongoAnotheraccount 6mo ago #5745821 spent 0 currency on pingsI hate having to get a battery detector because sometimes homes fill with invisible batteries and explode
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Not funny my uncle left his phone charging overnight and died of voltage inhalation
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Maybe they can add a scent to the battery so you know its around
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Yeah but these are different explosions so they're scarier
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Wait, they are expecting their 10kw stovetop to operate on battery
Edit: hang on are these stoves capable on running off of DC power as well at 10KW
Edit again: it comes with a 3kwh batter and an inverter built in, fricking lmao this is ultra r-slurred unless you just cannot get 240v power into your kitchen and are allergic to gas.
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This is, quite literally, Biden's America. I think the battery for peak water boil makes sense if you're too poor to own a kettle (), but it's a premium feature and you should focus on gettting 240v first.
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Yeah, I mean like this unit wouldn't really be a piece of shit if you just ran the 240v line and the battery was an extra feature. As it stands, you can literally run out of battery while cooking which is pretty ridiculous.
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I'm so happy in the CongoLowAPM 6mo ago #5745831 spent 0 currency on pingsProbably can't pull 10kW from mains in most homes
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I live in the US. We regularly install hot water heaters that instantaneously draw 25-45kws. My homes AC startup surge is like 29kw
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Oven circuits are in the US will trip at 12kW, but shouldn't see sustained loads above 80% of that. If you try to run another burner or turn on the oven it'll trip the breaker. This is just not practical for home use.
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Well if the battery supplied the extra juice, and the power-in was 240v, you could easily never run out of battery and it should operate fine. It's the whole "you ONLY NEED 120v" part which is ultra tarded. What's funny is that if the burner is 10,000 watts, and they are going from AC grid power, inverting to DC battery power, and then inverting back into AC to power the stove (they confirm this is exactly what they are doing) it's already very inefficient, which is funny because they claim they are going to "help save you money on your power bill lmao.
Somewhere, an engineer is laughing their butt off while collecting their paycheck.
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I don't see any indication they're inverting it twice. You can run heating elements off DC. It's still only only going to be ~80% efficient with charging the battery though. It's the same lie electric car sellers don't tell you.
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They claim there is an inverter along with the battery. I checked their site. For sure you can run a heating element off of dc, but I wonder what voltage their battery is running at. If it's LifePO4, than at 3kw, I doubt it's making much more than 24-48v nominal. I guess if they are using wacky, non standard cells it could be higher than that, but I am guessing they are just using the inverter they put in there.
Seems a little overkill to throw in a 10,000 watt inverter to just sit there. 10,000 watts at low voltage DC is a LOT of amps.
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I'm so happy in the CongoLowAPM 6mo ago #5745894 spent 0 currency on pingsTIL. Gas is used for everything here.
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I live in an area that gets a lot of power outages (lotta trees) and I am so glad I have gas heating, water heating, oven, stove and dryer.
Trying to whole-home-backup a decent sized all electric house is very, very expensive.
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Hiding 3KWh in my kitchen next to my oven
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The funniest thing about this is you can only use the stove for like 20-30 minutes before you have to wait for the battery to recharge. It only has a 120v hookup!
Sorry hunny, have to charge the battery even though wasn't a power outage
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https://www.impulselabs.com/blog/home-of-the-future
It has both tho
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120v power in = 1500 watts. It used 10,000 watts. 3kw/h battery. You do the math
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