I did wire it myself actually. I did a good job but now when I turn it all the way, the TV comes on.
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Quote: DaButt @ March 27 2009, 6:18 PM GMTMy brother is an electrical engineer for a major power company and he says that short exercises like this do nothing to actually save electricity - the generators are still turning.
There's a lot of excess power generated at night that just gets wasted. My brother told me about a plant that uses the excess electricity at night to pump a small lake uphill to a reservoir. The lake is drained during peak electricity consumption periods and the water generates electricity as it falls. Then the cycle is repeated the next evening.
And knowing is half the battle.
Light dimmers generate a lot of RF noise and interfere with radio reception.
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Quote: Gavin @ March 27 2009, 6:20 PM GMTAnd knowing is half the battle.
GI JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOE!
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ March 27 2009, 6:19 PM GMTI did wire it myself actually. I did a good job but now when I turn it all the way, the TV comes on.
And your neighbours lights go out.
He prefers the shadows. And if there's a bush nearby, that's just a bonus.
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ March 27 2009, 6:20 PM GMTGI JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOE!
Finally. Thank you.
Quote: Balf @ March 27 2009, 6:21 PM GMTHe prefers the shadows. And if there's a bush nearby, that's just a bonus.
Are you narrating your life?
Quote: DaButt @ March 27 2009, 6:18 PM GMTMy brother is an electrical engineer for a major power company and he says that short exercises like this do nothing to actually save electricity - the generators are still turning.
There's a lot of excess power generated at night that just gets wasted. My brother told me about a plant that uses the excess electricity at night to pump a small lake uphill to a reservoir. The lake is drained during peak electricity consumption periods and the water generates electricity as it falls. Then the cycle is repeated the next evening.
That rather depends on the structure of the supply system and how intelligent it is. In any case, at only an hour it's really more of a symbolic than a realistic action anyway.
Quote: Aaron @ March 27 2009, 6:24 PM GMTThat rather depends on the structure of the supply system and how intelligent it is. In any case, at only an hour it's really more of a symbolic than a realistic action anyway.
The grid uses complex calculations and historical data to determine output, schedule maintenance, etc.
Here's a graph that I always watched very closely about 8 years ago when California was having regular blackouts:
Blimey. That really is wastage on a major scale.
Roo made a boo boo!
It's actually TOMORROW NIGHT! Shall corrected it on the post!
Don't forget that tomorrow is Pointless Hour. You sit down for an hour and realise that China and India are ignoring any kind of energy conservation and are rapidly becoming the dominant users of fossil fuels and resources on the planet.
You then remember that our own Western governments are bullying us about energy conservation so the emerging nations can use theirs freely.
Right, I'm off to the hospital now to make sure all of the incubators and life support machines are unplugged between 8.30-9.30pm.
I shall be turning everything I can find, ON, just like last year.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ March 27 2009, 6:38 PM GMTDon't forget that tomorrow is Pointless Hour. You sit down for an hour and realise that China and India are ignoring any kind of energy conservation and are rapidly becoming the dominant users of fossil fuels and resources on the planet.
You then remember that our own Western governments are bullying us about energy conservation so the emerging nations can use theirs freely.
Right, I'm off to the hospital now to make sure all of the incubators and life support machines are unplugged between 8.30-9.30pm.
Aren't you a care bear of happiness with marshmellow hearts!
Just like I skipped lunch for Comic Relief, I won't flush the toilet for the entire Earth Day.