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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
Subject: Re: A research team has managed to coordinate 100 domestic air
 conditioners to stabilise the power grid in real time, as if they were a
 flexible power plant.
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 09:40:27 +0200
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On 2025-06-15 00:29, Don Y wrote:
> On 6/14/2025 2:53 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> That's not what they are doing. They are changing the load in tiny 
>> parts of the cycle, 50 or 60 times per second. Changing the load 
>> waveform.
> 
> No, they are deferring the start of the compressor and/or blower.

I understand they are adjusting the frequency. My AC doesn't have a 
thermostat, it is continuously adjusted in tiny power adjustments with 
an inverter. Switching a thermostat on/off would destroy it.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.