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It does seem like there are a few details that are different, because the thermostats will put sustained load on the grid, whereas the TV pickup will not. That
by hyperpape 4y ago
It does seem like there are a few details that are different, because the thermostats will put sustained load on the grid, whereas the TV pickup will not. That means that a couple of nice technical solutions like adding jitter to the startup times would solve the pickup problem, but not the increased load at 6:00 AM.
- yencabulator 4y ago> adding jitter to the startup times would solve the pickup problem There's minimal jitter in people's behavior when they are explicitly synchronized by a television broadcast, and none can be added within the constraints of broadcast television.
- hyperpape 4y agoOf course. I was referring to adding jitter to people's thermostats, which is not a bad idea, but would not solve the entire problem here.
- smileysteve 4y agoThere's going to be jitter based on your building "resist" insulation in addition to clock jitter. (Esp for non Internet connected) And your hvac sizing and plumbing efficiency determines the jitter too, where there is typically a minimum compressor on and off time of 300s, but the runtime is determined by how quickly it can get to the setpoint. Ecobees whave automatic "staging" configuration, but can be set manually to have have more or less setpoint responsiveness and over cool Max by .5 degree increments