alt Hacker NewsI’m trying to figure out how they misinterpreted things to come up with that statement. Maybe they are mixing up start-up draw and constant draw? Idk
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margalabargala • yesterday at 8:31 PM
Yeah, I have no idea. The article was published in late 2024, maybe they used a late 2024 LLM to help write it? Seems like the sort of confident-but-obviously-wrong mistake that was common back then.
Power factor is the only thing that makes any kind of sense to me. Utilities don't typically bill you for bad power factor unless you're an industrial power consumer.
I don't know offhand what the power factor of a microwave looks like, but I bet it's not great. I can see an inverter style having better power factor.