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Solar Backup Plan
Silentpoisen asks AI to help plan a beginner home backup power setup and learns the hard way that a fridge's hidden startup power spike is the one number that decides whether the whole plan works.
AI blurs watts and watt-hours until he reframes them himself as the firehose and the bathtub.
The AI gives the average power draw for a fridge but omits the startup spike until directly asked, the number that actually matters.
Nearly built a battery plan around powering a TV out of boredom before writing an honest list of what really needs to run.
Draws a clear line: AI is good for priority lists…
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