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

[Richard Garbary]

Reuben:

I agree. Showering before bedtime, dishwashers at 3 a.m. and timers turned
on after the evening peak off by 7 am would go a long way.

Richard

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On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com> wrote:

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