On Mar 16, 2011, at 7:56 PM, steve harley wrote: > On 2011-03-16 12:53 , Joseph McAllister wrote: >> A cry perhaps for a central computer in the home to maintain all settings of >> all appliances, allowing their power to be cut completely when not being >> used. Therefor allowing complete restoration when each is re-activated. >> >> Providing, of course, that the central computer, and the wireless circuitry >> such a system would demand, was actually a net savings of power. :-) > > what would make this possible is a communication protocol for all devices, > similar to the protocols being developed for automobile electronics, which > vastly simplify the wiring -- any device can be plugged into the power supply > anywhere in the vehicle, and it responds to messages on the power line > telling it to turn on/off or modulate ...
Smart appliances and smart electrical meters with in-home control and monitoring panels are already a reality. Our local utility is developing some prototype test circuits in a limited number of communities. They just installed a smart meter on my house. It can communicate with a control center and ultimately with appliances in my house and a control panel. It will bill electricity at different rates depending o the time of day (cheaper at night of course). In conjunction with the control panel,, it can determine when appliances should turn on and shut off. That mans laundry and dishwashing can be done in the middle of the night when rates are lower. Standby electronics can be switched off at certain times of the day and automatically restarted at programmed times. It will also enable the power company to know when and where a failure has occurred. And the network control center will sometimes be able to reroute electricity around the failure. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
