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by upofadown 2380 days ago
Yeah, we are kind of running low on actual high power devices to plug into residential outlets these days. Those that remain are pretty much confined to specific parts of specific rooms. Various stand alone cooking things on the kitchen counter. Hair dryer in the bathroom by the mirror. The vacuum cleaner seems to be the exception and there is a tendency toward built ins.

Heck, I don't know that there is even much need for high power ceiling lighting any more. Everything that people want to see with any detail is self illuminated these days. Just scatter some low power LEDs around (you don't even have to provide a way to turn them off) and you are done. If you actually want to read a paper book or do some knitting then an appropriate lamp is not going to take hardly any power as it would only have to illuminate a small area.