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To: Mr. K

What simple calculations are you referring to? Lithium batteries take 1 hour to charge. The Tesla simply uses a large array of lithium batteries. If one charge worth’s of electricity flows at 110V in 8 hours, the same amount should flow at 880V in 1 hour... providing you can safely transfer the electricity. My question, and I worded it as a question, (even adding “and this might be in the category of just plain ignorant”) was whether that could be done.


41 posted on 10/27/2009 8:47:26 AM PDT by dangus (Nah, I'm not really Jim Thompson, but I play him on FR.)
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To: dangus

At 880V you would exceed the insulation rating of the energized equipment and destroy it with arcing faults.

Most electrical equipment is designed to a standard 600V (rms) rating.


46 posted on 10/27/2009 9:14:24 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: dangus

I meant the calculations of cost to create these 880V charging stations for a new and extremely minor part of the market


51 posted on 10/27/2009 10:07:54 AM PDT by Mr. K (I live in fear that one of my typos becomes a freeper catchphrase...I'm series!)
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