Energy company locks thermostats at +80 degrees for 22,000 customers during ‘energy crisis’

[ttown]

Here’s a good video on the subject, the whole video is good but those with a 2 minute attention span the first 5 minutes address what happening……

 

[dennishoddy]

WiFi back doors… What do you think that means?

Simple fix, disconnect thermostat, install new thermostat.

Easy to override. Paper clip or jumper between red and yellow.

 

[ttown]

Unless they limit the power to your home, that’s what they’ll do IMO. Video above.

https://conservativefiringline.com/...-angeles-and-did-include-use-of-fossil-fuels/

 

[SoonerP226]

Right, but in order to sell back to the grid, you have to be connected to the grid…and you’d need a large system to run a whole home HVAC during our hot summers.

I agree with your point about them being able to force it (quite literally at gunpoint), but I know someone who has been running solar in central Oklahoma for more than a decade. Just before peak hours begin, he throws a switch and disconnects his house from the electrical service and runs completely from his solar and from the battery bank he built.

Of course, he’s an engineer who designs and runs HVAC automation systems for his day job, so it’s not necessarily something just anyone could do.

 

[chuter]

Just charge 5 times as much for power to homes without a smart thermostat.
That should do it.

 

[SMS]

I agree with your point about them being able to force it (quite literally at gunpoint), but I know someone who has been running solar in central Oklahoma for more than a decade. Just before peak hours begin, he throws a switch and disconnects his house from the electrical service and runs completely from his solar and from the battery bank he built.

Of course, he’s an engineer who designs and runs HVAC automation systems for his day job, so it’s not necessarily something just anyone could do.

Yup, it could definitely be done but it’s not affordable or practical for a majority of homeowners at this point for sure. They will target the majority.

 

[Fro]

I agree with your point about them being able to force it (quite literally at gunpoint), but I know someone who has been running solar in central Oklahoma for more than a decade. Just before peak hours begin, he throws a switch and disconnects his house from the electrical service and runs completely from his solar and from the battery bank he built.

Of course, he’s an engineer who designs and runs HVAC automation systems for his day job, so it’s not necessarily something just anyone could do.

He probably also bought his system at wholesale price or free by piecemealing it a bit at a time when installing customer systems.

 

[emapples]

This is true in cities as a house with no electricity can be condemned as "unlivable". Though if they tried that with me I would take them to court and ask how humanity survived until electricity was a mainstay.

However, solar panels are enough during the day as most people "sell" their unused power back to the grid. It would be during cloudy days and at night that they would not be enough without a big battery rack to store excess energy.

I could not be self sufficient with panels, but I could sell them enough juice during the day to pay for the night would be my goal, eliminate about 75% of my electricity bill

 

[KOPBET]

Easy to override. Paper clip or jumper between red and yellow.

Don't forget the "G"

 

[SlugSlinger]

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