Re: Anyone using perimiter fence protection

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Apr 17, 12:57=EF=BF=BDam, "Robert L Bass" <Sa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> Wow! =EF=BF=BDWhat an excellent idea. =EF=BF=BDInstead of losing the enti=
re grid during
> extreme load conditions, the utility could send an RF signal out to lower=
 the
> load from HVAC systems. =EF=BF=BDOf sourse, if one happens to be a nutcas=
e conspiracy
> theorist, this could be construed (in said theorist's mind at least) as "=
Big
> Brother."
>
> BTW, the site mentions thermostats that would be controlled by an RF sign=
al
> from the utility. =EF=BF=BDIt doesn't claim they actually exist as of yet=
. =EF=BF=BDWhile
> communicating thermostats are popular among home automaters, TTBOMK, ther=
e are
> none that can be controlled by an RF signal from the power company. =EF=
=BF=BDCertainly
> they could be designed and made if there were a market for them but at th=
is
> point there's no such market.
>

The Lighting company on Long Island NY (they keep changing their name,
so I don't know what it is right now .... might be LIPA)  has been
using this technology for a few years now. I have a number of clients
with very large homes that have subscribed to the service in return
for discounts on power bills. I don't know much about it but I know
that it can be overridden if the subscriber wants it cooler. And I
don't think they control the thermostats directly. Something to do
with devices they attach directly to the cooling units. I remember one
of my clients saying that they installed something in the attic,
likely the RF receiver with maybe a device that intercepts the signal
from the Tstat .... I donno....... I never looked into it.