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jrockway
on Sept 23, 2016
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What does a kilowatt hour look like?
I mean to say, "plug in to your 120V 18A circuit".
stavros
on Sept 23, 2016
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I wonder why we have a tendency to nitpick rough estimates and go "YOU DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR X EDGE CASE!", when even we get the gist.
viewer5
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If I had to guess, it's someone who's like "I wonder how big that AC unit is" because the idea tickled their imagination, googles it, then finds that it doesn't quite match with the scenario given.
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