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Seems to my ignorant eyes that we could always somehow split the power received into more manageable units, even if it has to be splitted a million times, ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ.

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[โ€“] themeatbridge 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Get a 20w LED and it's just 400 hours. Better, but still not much.

[โ€“] AgentOrangesicle 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So if I'm wearing an Arduino to power some LED's for cosplay, how often do I have to get struck by lightning to keep it going?

[โ€“] themeatbridge 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only once, and they'll remain lit for as long as it matters to you.

[โ€“] Lopoloma 1 points 1 year ago

Hit a blunt to get lit for half a day.
Get hit by lightning to be lit for the rest of your life.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think my LEDs are around 6W? So what would that be? 1,333 hours per LED. Or my 3000W oven for 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Yeah, we would need a lot of lightning strikes. My solar panels generated about 34,000kWh today, or 4.25 lightning strikes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You sure they didn't generate 34kWh? If you did mean 34000 you must have an assload of panels

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Lmao, you are right. That's what I get for commenting when I'm half asleep.