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Am interested in the DC-AC—DC- Battery-AC vs DC-DC-Battery-AC efficiency argument. As in there must be a DC-DC conversion happening to charge batteries appropriately.

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Stepping voltage up or down isnt as lossy (or expensive) as converting from AC<->DC

As someone not into electronics, can you explain how that works. I'm only familiar with transformers which, of course, require AC?

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