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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by ocschwar on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @11:46AM (#14595505)
And your friendly neighborhood electrical engineer will insist on having that discussion before finalizing a design for a fridge controller.

Yes, it's important o keep a fridge in certain temperature bands. But there;s a lot of timing leeway in those bands, and it's exploitable as a form of energy storage.

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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by hinkley on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @01:01PM (#14596300)
I have a five year old fridge whose defining features include a compressor that runs pretty much all the time at a lower current draw to reduce overall energy use (and keep it quieter).

An electrical engineer I believe designed that part of the system...

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