[Wonder Warthog]

"I think he meant there aren't too many houses that have a 250 kW service. At 220 Volts, that's over 1,000 amps."

The 1MW units aren't for home use. They are for industrial use. I suspect that any industry large enough to need those quantities of hot water/steam will have the necessary available.

Or, they could use the same strategy as on old earth-moving equipment.....a battery starts a small gas engine....the small gas engine starts the bigger diesel. That's basically what was done in the 28 October demo.

I would think that home units would be significantly smaller than 1MW (50KW??) with a commensurate reduction in need for "startup energy".

[Right Wing Assault]

Yeah, right after I posted that I realized that 1 MW was just a bit huge for a house! See my post #26.