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Big Brother
2 May 2013, 09:07,
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RE: Big Brother
(1 May 2013, 19:47)Steve Wrote: My understanding is that the fridge, or perhaps other appliances, will have a chip that monitors the mains frequency - this is a good indicator of the state of the grid, the frequency drops as the generators near maximum output. The chip will switch off the fridge for a while, in order to prevent a massive surge of all the fridges coming back on together there will probably be a random element to the "off" duration.

This isn't a "Big Brother" situation at all, simply a desperate measure by companies and government who have utterly failed to adequately invest in new power stations despite many years warning about the closure of fossil fueled stations and end-of-life of the nuclear stations.

I't not just the power stations it's the national grid too

I think a couple of years ago it was estimated the the grid needs somewhere in the region of £35bn invested in it before 2020 .... not sure how much this has increased
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Big Brother - by MaryN - 28 April 2013, 20:06
RE: Big Brother - by Mooski88 - 28 April 2013, 20:13
RE: Big Brother - by Franc - 28 April 2013, 20:22
RE: Big Brother - by ErikEst - 28 April 2013, 20:41
RE: Big Brother - by Straight Shooter - 28 April 2013, 22:25
RE: Big Brother - by iaaems - 30 April 2013, 06:50
RE: Big Brother - by bigpaul - 30 April 2013, 11:46
RE: Big Brother - by Skean Dhude - 30 April 2013, 12:00
RE: Big Brother - by Steve - 30 April 2013, 22:57
RE: Big Brother - by ErikEst - 1 May 2013, 18:38
RE: Big Brother - by Steve - 1 May 2013, 19:47
RE: Big Brother - by I-K-E - 2 May 2013, 09:07
RE: Big Brother - by Skean Dhude - 2 May 2013, 10:50
RE: Big Brother - by Steve - 3 May 2013, 08:55
RE: Big Brother - by Metroyeti - 16 May 2013, 12:51
RE: Big Brother - by RoadWarrior - 17 May 2013, 00:37

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