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The power companies know this, and time their cutovers from Europe with the end of Eastendets, which is when people turn on their kettle for a cup of tea before
by greggsy 3y ago
The power companies know this, and time their cutovers from Europe with the end of Eastendets, which is when people turn on their kettle for a cup of tea before making dinner.
(I’m not sure if that’s still a good hint, but it certainly was ten or so years ago.)
- seanw444 3y agoTom Scott's video on this is interesting, as a side note.
- nickt 3y agoGuy Martin did a good 3 part TV show earlier in the year https://www.channel4.com/programmes/guy-martins-great-british-power-trip https://www.channel4.com/programmes/guy-martins-great-britis...
- nickt 3y agoIt’s called “TV pickup”, and Wikipedia has a good article explaining it, especially the bit about using pumped storage to meet demand in seconds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup
- iso1631 3y agoLess important now. Back when 17 million would tune in to watch Coronation Street 3 times a week it was a much bigger thing. It's rare to get half that for legacy live TV outside of specific major broadcasts (The Euro 2020 final pulled in 30 million) -- the 10th most watched show of 2022 only got 8 million and the soaps are lucky to get 6 - inlcuding those watching time-shifted.