[Greenbuilding] Low powered (wattage) water heaters availablethrough Hydro Quebec

[Richard Garbary]

Nick:

It appears that with no interrupts there are lower lows and lower highs.
I'm sure with TOU tariffs in place it would make for an even flatter curve.

Richard


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On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Nick Pyner <npyner at tig.com.au> wrote:

> **
> Thanks Richard
>
> It seems just a crazy concept, cloaked in gobbledygook. God only knows
> what they thought of it at the ACEEE forum. But no surprise, after all,
> Hydro Quebec are the guys that brought you this
>
>
> http://www.hydroquebec.com/residential/chauffe-eau-trois-elements/fonctionnement.html
>   wonder if this link might have suffered in translation.
> I tried to look further at the ACEEE forum, but found no debate or
> comment. Perhaps there wasn't any.
>
> Page 20 of the Ppt is particularly suss, and I suspect that this is all
> just a vehicle for the Giant company to sell more gear with a minor benfit
> for Hydro, who don't see actually thermselves as having a serious problem
> anyway. If Hydro Quebec did have a problem they need to take seriously,
> they would surely have off-peak residential tariffs.  It could be that they
> are like the old Hydro Electric Commission in Tasmania who, up to the
> 1970s, were not that seriously into the business of producing electricity.
> Their main line of business was building dams.
>
> I believe the water usage is very different from local patterns. I guess
> the weather has a lot to do with that.
>
> Nick Pyner
>
> Dee Why   NSW
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:
> greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org]*On Behalf Of *Richard
> Garbary
>
>  Powerpoint presentation on the new water heaters:
>
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