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You're making yourself perfectly clear, you're just wrong about the claim that smart grids will improve heating: * With my normal thermostat I set my home to b
by Manfredo_1 6y ago
You're making yourself perfectly clear, you're just wrong about the claim that smart grids will improve heating:
* With my normal thermostat I set my home to be heated to 68 degrees Fahrenheit. When it falls below 68 degrees it gets heated.
* With a smart thermostat I set my home to be heated to 68 degrees. When it falls below that, it gets heated.
There is zero difference between the behavior of a "smart" thermostat and a normal thermostat. Unless the power company gets to turn off your thermostat, or reduce the temperature range below what the user set then there's no way to reduce power consumption by hooking it up to a smart grid.
A smart grid works by rearranging the schedule of energy demand. This only works for types of energy demand that can be rearranged, like running your dryer. You can't rearrange the time when your home is heated, unless you want to be cold.
- adrianN 6y agoNo you don't understand. The power company can heat your home warmer than 68°F when the electricity is plentiful so that it can wait longer with heating when the electricity is scare.
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- Manfredo_1 6y agoOkay, so now I have to pick between dealing with excessive heat during the day, or cold at night because our infrastructure can't fulfill energy demand.
- adrianN 6y agoOr you simply put a comfortable range of temperatures in your smart thermostat.
- Manfredo_1 6y agoThe only way to effectively offset energy demand is with a very large temperature range, which is not a comfortable temperature range. This is largely and unavoidable problem. It's a big part of why Germany mostly heats it's houses with natural gas while France mostly heats with electricity.