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by exmadscientist 32 days ago
> Evidently, AC waveform generation is extremely power-hungry

Yes, it's quite ugly. Open up one of these things and you'll find a big block of four transistors (if not more due to doubling up) on a big heatsink. That's the inverter drive bridge, and it's probably the single largest source of heat in the whole thing. It's not hard to find.