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From: John Bosley <jandpbosley@verizon.net>
Date: April 13, 2009 2:20:39 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Feasibility of wiring a house for distributed low voltage?
Hi Dave-- I have a query for IPers from a friend who's a non-techie like me (both of us social scientists.) This was prompted by Karl Auerbach's valuable post on the "Smart Grid" thread. Can other IPers please comment on this fantasy? We'd be grateful!! My friend wriites: "Moving right along- here is a fantasy I have had. Many of our little toys and some useful devices run on low voltage, provided by myriad transformers, which are always on, always drawing power, if my high school physics is correct. A house of the future could be wired for a single standardized (by decree) low voltage power circuitry, plugs in every room. supplied from a single transformer.All toys would plug into it. Probably these little corkscrew lights could be made to work just as well on low voltage. There could still be some 120 or 220 outlets for motors and heaters, I guess .Do you know of a flagpole to run that up?" By the way, Happy Birthday soon, Dave! Best, John Bosley Baltimore |