"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Saturday, 21 May 2016 08:30:16 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Friday, 20 May 2016 00:02:30 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, 18 May 2016 16:24:57 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:
In article ,
polygonum wrote:
On 18/05/2016 14:18, whisky-dave wrote:
Which is why it's be stupid to limit 3KW kettles to 1.5KW.

How do you limit "3KW kettles to 1.5KW"? Use half the voltage?

Think Dave may be guessing about what EU legislation may be
proposed.

Not neccesarily EU.



theory being that because they have put an upper limit on the power
consumption of vacuum cleaners, they'll also do the same with
kettles.

Well who wants a 5KW kettle ?
well when we have functions here we often have nore than one kettle
to heat water sometimes we have one for coffee and one for tea :-0


In our research areas we often have 1-6 studetns in a room using
their
own
kettles, which is why we or rather the college H&S don't like us
using
those plugs with two IEC connectors on them, just in case someone
plugs
two kettles in the the same wall socket.



Makes a really good story for the meja to dribble spittle about.
Same
as
bent bananas.

and we all know there's no plans for smartmeters to to anything
other
than
record don't we.
And they'll be no way a meter will be able to limit what current
passes
through bit other than if the fuse blows.

Just how are you claiming the smart meter will be able to
limit the current other than just turning it off completely ?

You've not heard of diodes, you've not heard of dimmers and power
redusers.

Trivial to see if smartmeters have those. They dont.

I know, the smartmeters don't have those the appliance would have them.

Smartmeters dont have any way of communicating with them
and if the appliances dont have that in them, the smartmeter can't
do a damned thing about altering the power they use anyway.

If the smart meters were capable of doing that, it would
be obvious from an inspection of the meter.

They aren't yet.

Trivial to see if they ever become capable of doing that.

When that day comes you'll know but noit until then.

Even sillier than you usually manage with that last.

reams of your even sillier **** flushed where it belongs