Mains power voltage drop to reduce usage?

[Commander Kinsey]

Use a less fussy browser.

Works fine for me in the UK without any VPN active. I wonder why they block Spain and not UK?

[Commander Kinsey]

Security is overrated. I prefer things to work.

[Commander Kinsey]

That would be insignificant. And we're talking about PEAK usage remember.

[Commander Kinsey]

They don't lower the voltage that much.

Communism! ARGH!

Even resistive heating is better than a furnace. Except for gas being cheaper for some reason.

[Commander Kinsey]

No they won't do that, that would allow us to channel flick to a station without ads.

I record or download everything anyway, no ads or fast forward ads.

[Commander Kinsey]

I can't begin to imagine how complicated GFIs are in the US. In the UK, the live should equal the neutral. If it doesn't, it cuts out. But I don't use them anyway. Safety third! I hate false trips.

[Commander Kinsey]

Incandescent?!

[Commander Kinsey]

Ouch, I have enough trouble with my aluminium internet line. Apparently in 1979 aluminium was a lot cheaper than copper.

[Commander Kinsey]

Did you make sure the new pipes went through your meter? :-)

[Commander Kinsey]

Americans just like to boast. Y'all got 2 phases here! British folk don't do that!

[John Larkin]

Yes. Late-70s.

[Commander Kinsey]

Ah, I assumed it wasn't a recount of such a long time ago.

[Commander Kinsey]

Depends. Do you have 3 phase motors? What's the total kW you can draw? Isn't it annoying to try to share it equally between the phases?

[Commander Kinsey]

Ah, this was it:

[Clare Snyder]

And you would be charged for the meter, and likely criminally charged as well

[Clare Snyder]

The "widow maker" epectric shower-heaters

[Clare Snyder]

You were lucky to have a good "safety ground" which is bonded to the neutral. This is the green wire in American electrical services The "pig" neutral is grounded. and your service panel neutral is grounded. A high resistance ground and a significant load inbalance would cause one side of the panel to go high, and the other low. A low resistance ground and/or a reasonably well balanced load you would not notice the voltage diferential. Broken ground AND neutral?? HUGE problems

[Clare Snyder]

That's whet you get for using a paranoid WatchGuard firewall - - - - trying to access American site from Europe

[Commander Kinsey]

Wimp. I take it you mean these?

[Commander Kinsey]

Mmmmmm.... simple UK single voltage, no silly voltages from breakages. You really do not need two different voltages in your house. Why are Americans so terminally stupid? The rest of the f****ng world doesn't this centre tap bullshit.