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cafebabe [soylentnews.org] writes:

Every year disivible by [wikipedia.org] four [wikipedia.org] with [wikipedia.org] remainder [wikipedia.org] one [hackerspaces.org], adventurous geeks hold an outdoor [bash.org] festival in the Netherlands [sha2017.org]. This year, about 6000 people are expected to attend a long weekend.

Among them, there will be a group of experimenters who will be testing a 42 Volt direct current grid. Specifically, a cluster of tents within the festival will receive approximately 50 × 4 Amperé supplies and 8 × 16 Amperé supplies [altpwr.net]. Hopefully, this will be run by solar power but there will also be a backup generator. Switching a high load of direct current is more complicated than alternating current and losses around the example MOSFET [wikipedia.org] circuit are expected to be less than 0.2W per junction [altpwr.net]. Although people are expected to bring together previously untested circuitry, it is hoped that pieces of the project will inspire multiple direct current grids in more permanent locations.

Hopefully, eletrocution or Voltage drop doesn't halt electrical distribution at the festival.

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