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The future of residential building electrical installations

Arran Cameron
This is a spin-off from the discussion What is the best way to wire ceiling lights.


What do you think is the future of residential building electrical installations in 20 to 30 years time? Will they in modern and modernised houses be significantly different from what they are today or will they most likely be barely changed from what they are today?


Will consumer demand be a driving force for change or will electricians only make changes from the status quo in order to comply with updated wiring regs?
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    AJJewsbury:


    When we burned mostly gas to generate electricity, which being more 'turn on and offable' than nuclear, we worried more about total consumption than baseload and peaks, but as we move more towards renewables we find ourselves in a situation of having better to match demand & supply. So we could end up in a similar (although not identical) position to the French of wishing to encourage consumption at times of low demand (or surplus generation) or discourage it at times of high demand (or insufficient generation), even if we're coming at it from a different direction.

    At one time power generation companies which operated gas and oil power stations (covering peak demand more than baseload) used the TV Times to identify the time and date of popular TV programmes, and the resulting times of when viewers switched on their kettles, so that they could ramp up supply to cover short peaks of high demand.


    Has the move away from linear TV towards on-demand TV had any significant effect on demand peaks? I'm intrigued to know how domestic electricity consumption patterns have changed since the year 2000.
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    AJJewsbury:


    When we burned mostly gas to generate electricity, which being more 'turn on and offable' than nuclear, we worried more about total consumption than baseload and peaks, but as we move more towards renewables we find ourselves in a situation of having better to match demand & supply. So we could end up in a similar (although not identical) position to the French of wishing to encourage consumption at times of low demand (or surplus generation) or discourage it at times of high demand (or insufficient generation), even if we're coming at it from a different direction.

    At one time power generation companies which operated gas and oil power stations (covering peak demand more than baseload) used the TV Times to identify the time and date of popular TV programmes, and the resulting times of when viewers switched on their kettles, so that they could ramp up supply to cover short peaks of high demand.


    Has the move away from linear TV towards on-demand TV had any significant effect on demand peaks? I'm intrigued to know how domestic electricity consumption patterns have changed since the year 2000.
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