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<DIV><SPAN class=421491808-21042011><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Well,
I guess all you have to do is line up all the people who would prefer to
manually switch the water heaters, and include, if you like, those who
would prefer it but don't don't actually do that now. It would take some time to
do that, but it won't take too long to count
them. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=421491808-21042011><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>And,
seeing the crowd is quite small, you might take the opportunity to talk to them
about the times when off-peak power is available.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=421491808-21042011><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
don't think it would be the least bit instructive to remember the introduction
of auto defrost fridges, particulalrly as our fridge has manual defrost. The
fridge is worked on infrequently and at a time of my choosing. A manually
switched water heater is a frequent task and not necessarily at my
choosing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
<P><FONT size=2>Nick Pyner<BR><BR>Dee Why NSW </FONT></P>
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[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Reuben Deumling<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 21 April 2011 3:51
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Nick Pyner <SPAN
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href="mailto:npyner@tig.com.au">npyner@tig.com.au</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>...the most
common reason for using timers is that approximately 99.99% of
consumers prefer it that way.</FONT></SPAN><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>Really? And you know this how.....? Is your set equal to all
consumers who have timers on their water heaters, or all consumers with tank
water heaters?<BR>It is perhaps instructive to remember the widespread
resistance to the introduction of auto defrost refrigerators. Consumer Reports
resisted them all the way up through 1974, a full generation after their
introduction. Of course soon after they stopped testing anything that wasn't
auto defrost... I would be wary of making too big a generalization about the
particulars of how folks prefer to interact with their domestic technologies,
and to remember the ways in which we have all been socialized to think of
certain arrangements as normal and others as not, and how these norms have
changed over time. <BR><BR>Reuben Deumling<BR></DIV></DIV>
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