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Nothing there show you to be correct. You are arguing semantics from the wrong point of view. Voltage doesn't melt things, power does. Now go away and actually real about Ohms law rather than picking random things on the internet.
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UHVDC uses extremely high Voltage to keep the Amps low enough to transmit over long distances using reasonable sized wires. It's exactly the same problem as USB PD solves by raising the Voltage on the wire. If USB PD kept the 5V of standard USB but tried to deliver 100W it would need 4mm2 cores for a 1m cable. It doesn't need 4mm2 cores because they raise the voltage to 20V to deliver 100W at 5A using the same cable. 240W USB PD goes to 48V and again stays at 5A to keep the cable core size identical.

I'm not sure what's making you think you're right, all the evidence points to the contrary.
 
I'm not sure what's making you think you're right, all the evidence points to the contrary.
I think SimonX is saying the power expended in the cable is what actually melts stuff (this would seem to be factually accurate), whilst you are saying the power of the load attached to the cable is not directly relevant to the melting because by changing the voltage you can deliver that power to the appliance without expending the same power in the wire (which is also factually accurate).
 
Apart from the high cost I would suggest avoiding any rugged tablet such as the Sailproof which it suggests should not be connected to power while running navigation software.This is daft in a purpose-made tablet which you may well want to use continuously for something beyond a 10 hour trip .
I assume that the rugged case makes the thing prone to overheating.
 
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