On Thursday, May 2, 2013 12:10:10 PM UTC+1, Man at B&Q wrote:
On May 2, 11:50*am, whisky-dave wrote:

On Thursday, May 2, 2013 11:22:08 AM UTC+1, Man at B&Q wrote:

On May 1, 1:54*pm, whisky-dave wrote:



Measuring low frequecies accuratly is more difficult than you think..



It's no more difficult than measuring any other frequency, just



depends how long you are prepared to wait.



That is the problem.



if you're in charge of the grid and you know that as soon as Eastenders is over 5 million people will turn on their kettles you have to act before that happens NOT 30 seconds after.



Completely different situation. You know in advance that Eastenders is

on and have the spining reserve to cope. It happens all the time

already.

We have enough capactity to cope now, the worry is that we won;t in the future so how will it be managed.


This thread is about micro-management of the grid by switching

individual appliances.

It's not about micro-management, check the title it was wheher or not smart meters could turn fridge/freezers off, now why would they want to turn them off if as you say above they already manage it.