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Maybe you can get there if the device doesn’t actually require a steady stream of 1500W. For example, induction stovetops often work with cycling their coils. Couple the idea of a charge pump, a whole bank of capacitors and Tesla’s trick of running cables over spec by constantly monitoring temperature and making on-the-fly adjustments, and you might get somewhere.


You may be able to run cables 50-100% over spec for a short time. But not 1000%. Thought experiment (don't try at home!): Take a random USB cable and short circuit a car battery. It will start burning within seconds.


If you short circuit a car battery with a wrench it will melt the wrench.




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