On May 1, 9:52*am, Tim Streater wrote:
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*harry wrote:
If each appliance is fitted with a "smart device", then no changes are
needed to the home wiring.
I would have thought is better to have "essential" and
"non-essential" circuits in every house.

And you think the teenagers are going to remember which socket to plug
something in to? Or the average person, come to that.

You think anyone is going to convert their existing house to that - put
all your furniture in storage, move out, have all the walls bashed
around to have a second set of cabling installed, replaster, complete
redecoration, move back in.

Dream on.

You are a very ignorant person.
This has been done for years in hospitals because the emergency
generators are often not large enough to meet the full load.
Essential sockets are usually red.
In acute wards, there are no non-essential sockets.
Most essential equipment is permanently connected anyway.