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60 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 04 Nov 25 18:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source

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dboreham ◴[12 Nov 25 14:48 UTC] No.45900905[source]▶

Presumably most US street lamps are 120V which is probably why we see this idea implemented in other countries that have 220V power everywhere.

Also worth noting that many towns in the US don't have street lamps or only have them in the CBD.

1. kube-system ◴[12 Nov 25 15:32 UTC] No.45901420[source]▶

I don't know how standalone street lamps are wired in cities, but basically every US residential service transformer has 240v.

Using street lamps as EV chargers