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When I first saw this, I was sceptical. How can a socket distinguish between energy supplied through a grid system, know for example, whether or not it came from a gas fired power station or say, a wind farm?
It seems, that the fact that there is a power socket involved here, the claim has nothing to do with the socket at all in its normal function of connection to an appliance, but is simply a socket with an additional built in chip board with a wireless connection to the internet.
The chip can tell by having access to the national grid network information, pinpoint the source of electricity generation at any given time, and send a green or red light signal to display on the socket. The green light means at that moment you are using green energy, and the red, vice versa.
The video is obviously being used for marketing purposes and seems to be geared to offices and industry, rather than the individual household.
I really can't see the advantage of this product. For the following reasons.
Firstly, are individuals working in offices where the energy is being paid for by their employer, going to bother to turn stuff off when the red light shows, and even care that much when they are up to their ears with their normal day to day problems?
Secondly, why have more than one of these sockets, when possibly a simple app on a smart phone, or a desktop could do the same job and provide the necessary info and warnings. All the socket is doing is telling you what the local supply scenario is from a central grid computerised system, and any single device can do that.
When I first saw this, I was sceptical. How can a socket distinguish between energy supplied through a grid system, know for example, whether or not it came from a gas fired power station or say, a wind farm?
It seems, that the fact that there is a power socket involved here, the claim has nothing to do with the socket at all in its normal function of connection to an appliance, but is simply a socket with an additional built in chip board with a wireless connection to the internet.
The chip can tell by having access to the national grid network information, pinpoint the source of electricity generation at any given time, and send a green or red light signal to display on the socket. The green light means at that moment you are using green energy, and the red, vice versa.
The video is obviously being used for marketing purposes and seems to be geared to offices and industry, rather than the individual household.
I really can't see the advantage of this product. For the following reasons.
Firstly, are individuals working in offices where the energy is being paid for by their employer, going to bother to turn stuff off when the red light shows, and even care that much when they are up to their ears with their normal day to day problems?
Secondly, why have more than one of these sockets, when possibly a simple app on a smart phone, or a desktop could do the same job and provide the necessary info and warnings. All the socket is doing is telling you what the local supply scenario is from a central grid computerised system, and any single device can do that.
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