Mains power voltage drop to reduce usage?

[Commander Kinsey]

Not true. The average annual electricity bill is £2500. You can't spend that with a fridge.

Why two? Why not one?

I believe the farmers can create three phase, but that could also be expensive.

[Commander Kinsey]

No, in the UK we have proper power. One voltage, no messing about with extra conductors.

[Carlos E.R.]

We never bought it from Russia, anyway. Just a testimonial 5% or so.

[Carlos E.R.]

Never heard of it.

[Commander Kinsey]

[Commander Kinsey]

The frequency I've seen drop by about 0.2Hz regularly, and sometimes about 0.5Hz. That would be a change in turntable speed of 1 in 250 to 1 in 100. I wonder if that would be noticeable by ear? I guess it would when it happens, but not if it was gradual.

They have to average the frequency at 50 for the sake of clocks (my mother has a very old wall clock using it, and I think the timers in meter boxes to switch to economy 7 use it?). But I don't know what the limits are for a short period.

[Commander Kinsey]

[Commander Kinsey]

Are you telling me the media used hype, exaggeration, and possibly even downright lies?

so what is the current shortage about then?

[Commander Kinsey]

Hence the very tiny kHz ones in SMPS.

[Commander Kinsey]

Does this mean the power station generators spin faster over there? Or just have more coils?

[Commander Kinsey]

I'm in the UK, but mine isn't grounded at my house, I rely on the ground at the transformer. But it would be difficult to lose as it's the same armoured cable as the live.

[Commander Kinsey]

Is that pole actually in someone's driveway?!

Some new (about 10 year old) houses were built near me. They have everything underground except the phone wires. Did they forget or what?

[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.