Posted on 07/04/2013 5:28:09 PM PDT by Olog-hai
At times of peak demand for electricity, do you want your refrigerator to run at the discretion of the power company?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revised its Energy Star energy-efficiency requirements for residential refrigerators, and it is encouraging the inclusion of “connected” features that respond to utility signals to curb their energy consumption.
The EPA announced the new requirements on June 27. Included is the optional “smart-grid” connection for customers to electronically connect their refrigerator or freezer with a utility provider. …
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Good luck controlling the Servels still out there.
Instead of threatening America with food poisoning, a far better alternative would be to start insulating commercial refrigerators and ovens with thin sheet aerogel. Once they were at temperature, they would stay there a lot longer without additional energy.
That is, unless the objective of the EPA *is* to give America food poisoning, while wasting vast amounts of perishable food.
It will soon be a required element.
EPA Encourages Utility-Controlled Refrigerators for the White House
Yeah right?
Another conspiracy theory turns into conspiracy fact!
From my experience, a heat lamp placed near the thermostat will defeat a locked thermostat cage and temperature can be controlled by moving the heat lamp...
Older units with the mercury switch could also be tilted a bit to achieve the desired effect.
Guess who will have the coldest refrigerator in town ?
“The capital flew into a bit of a tizzy when, on his first full day in the White House, President Obama was photographed in the Oval Office without his suit jacket. There was, however, a logical explanation: Mr. Obama, who hates the cold, had cranked up the thermostat. “He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.” During the campaign Obama said: “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said. “That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen,” he added. “ — from 2009
You do know there is frozen and there is FROZEN, frozen will spoil quick even below 32°, FROZEN -10° to -20° is ideal but what you need is at least -5°.
Bingo! on that.
I have a small generator for running exactly those items in generally that priority. We had a windstorm 2 weeks ago and were without utility power for 35 hours, it came in really handy.
“The EPA is unconstitutional, there is no authority in the US Constitution for the EPA it should therefore be abolished.”
Hussein rules the country - the constitution is useless when the ruler ignores it. The EPA will cut off your power if Hussein says do it. If we don’t revolt soon, we won’t have enough strength and electric power left to do it.
I just bought a gasoline powered (or whatever other power you wish to hook up to the V-belt) antique washing machine with wringer on top built in.
We plan to use this at antique engine shows, but can also do our laundry in it if need be.
We have converted the entire house and barn lighting to LEDs, so we can run the boiler, refrigerator and all lighting on less than 2KW.
We heat our hot water with solar, and are slowly converting the house heat and electricity to solar and wood.
The goal is to be able to go off grid within a couple of years, sooner if need be.
Thanks. Thermometer in the freezer section consistently says -11° F.
Screw the EPA. I had my so-called smart meter removed some months ago.
i wonder if it would work with Galvanic isolation like in UPS systems with no true direct wire connection???
Add one Lister engine, which can run anything under the sun with a bit of ingenuity, and you’ve got an off the grid swiss army knife of power. They run great on peanut oil or veg, as well.
Isn’t that pic from Unintended Consequences?
This is going to cause a lot of food borne illness.
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