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Carlos E.R.
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On 2022-11-07 00:58, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Nope.
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Cheers, Carlos.
On Sun, 06 Nov 2022 23:45:03 -0000, Carlos E.R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2022-11-07 00:29, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 06 Nov 2022 23:06:29 -0000, Carlos E.R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2022-11-06 22:37, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 06 Nov 2022 21:33:29 -0000, David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid
wrote:
On 06/11/2022 20:50, Tim+ wrote:
Commander Kinsey <CK1@nospam.com> wrote:
On Sun, 06 Nov 2022 18:20:18 -0000, Cursitor Doom
cd@notformail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 6 Nov 2022 17:13:16 +0000, SteveW
steve@walker-family.me.uk> wrote:
On 06/11/2022 15:10, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 06 Nov 2022 09:43:37 -0000,
Wanderer@noplace.com> wrote:
Sure, but we would need to replace all electrical
devices by the their Thevenin Equivalent.
Seriously, All electrical device need to use a certain
amount of power. We often convert the mains voltages
and currents to other voltages and currents that
devices can consume. There are probably some power
supplies that could use the lower voltages and
frequencies and get the same power. Some motors and
clocks may run slower but some would not work at all.
If we still had incandescent light bulbs they would be
dimmer, the reason for the old term \'brown out\'. Most
modern devices would not work and might even be
damaged.
So No.
A device getting damaged by not enough power is screaming
of bad design.
Not necessarily. We have a \"guaranteed\" minimum and maximum
supply voltage. Why should a company spend extra designing
and installing protection against supplies (not temporary
aberrations) outside them?
Yes, all sorts of issues if a power company messes around
with the voltage and frequency. If a consumer wants to
attempt saving money in this way then the obvious thing to
try would be a variac. It won\'t change the frequency but does
enable one to reduce the supply voltage easily to whatever
device you wish to reduce the power to.
Not the same thing at all. If you want to reduce usage, you
turn things down or off. If the whole country wants to do that
over a short period due to high demand, they can\'t very well
phone everyone up and tell you to delay your coffee for half an
hour, they have to lower the voltage.
As has been explained, reducing voltage is a crap idea. You can
email folk and ask them to reduce consumption at peak time
though. I got refunds last December for doing this.
Eventually when weâre all on smart meters, more variable tariffs
will become available that will encourage this behaviour will
become the norm.
In Spain, where every one has to have a Smart Meter, there are
three different price bands.
I wasn\'t aware Spain was communist.
Actually, it was the right wing who did this.
Why would a right wing government do such a thing?
Because they are friends with the electricity companies, and they asked
nicely. Meaning, they both got more money.
Do you really want a meter which can overread by a factor of 5, in
particular on eco-stuff like LED lights!
Where do you get that idea?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4288180/Smart-meters-readings-SEVEN-times-high.html
\"smart meters can give readings that are SEVEN times too high because
dimmer switches and LED bulbs confuse the devices
Smart meters can be confused by modern dimmer switches and LED bulbs
Meters come up with readings that are 582 per cent higher than they
should be
It comes after an SSE had to apologise to customers earlier this week
after malfunctioning smart meters handed them bills for as much as
£44,000 a day
The Government wants them installed in all 26million homes by 2020\"
That last line, ROFL! It\'s now 2022 and only half of us have one.
Well, no such thing here. This is a modern country :-D
Didn\'t you recently have a terrible poverty? About a decade ago?
Nope.
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Cheers, Carlos.