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

[Reuben Deumling]

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Richard Garbary <richard6 at gmail.com> wrote:


> I'm sure with TOU tariffs in place it would make for an even flatter curve.
>

With tank water heaters that are always 'plugged in' and controlled by a
thermostat the only way I can see a TOU tariff having an effect on demand
is if
(a) people changed their showering behavior, or
(b) some kind of switching were used to cycle the DHW off for periods of
peak usage.
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