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"The PW can store up to 13.5kW of electric power..." No, you store energy, not electric power, and energy is Wh, that's why you have your phone battery with 5V
by unnouinceput 7y ago
"The PW can store up to 13.5kW of electric power..."
No, you store energy, not electric power, and energy is Wh, that's why you have your phone battery with 5V and 8000 mAh as units and not 8A.
"How does the grid feel about me oscilating this and who will die first, the PW or the sub-station?"
Definitely the PW. Sub-stations are made to withstand thousand of households switching all at once their light-bulbs at evening and during storms nature electric discharge (ie, lightning strikes). Your measly PW is fully ignored.
"Do not try any of these Grid Codes (really, please do not):
AU ASS4777.2
DE VDE4105
UK GA59 21A, GA83 16A
IT CEI-021
NZ NZS47772
US: IEEE1547 Split Phase 240V 60Hz
"
I'm a bad boy, I tried them. Nothing happened.
- nexuist 7y agoIf you were to try this and somehow cause damage to the sub station, would you be held liable? Actually, this brings an interesting question with IoT - if devices damage or otherwise exploit your utility company’s equipment, is it their fault of yours? Presumably doing anything bad is against your utility’s ToS, but if you didn’t do it knowingly...
- mbreese 7y agoI would imagine that unless you were a licensed electrician, you would be liable.
- KMnO4 7y agoI’m sure you’d still be liable if you were a licensed electrician.
- unnouinceput 7y agoThose are commands for your PW, not for sub-station. Like I said, I tried them, and nothing happened. The author is an alarmist and the only valid point he had in the entire article was default password instead of assigning unique one, which is easily to re-configure. Also the last one I suspect might damage your PW ugly enough if you're in US, but I am in EU where I already have 240V, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯