ripple control

noun

1. the remote control of a switch by electrical impulses

Example Sentences

Those little black boxes at Mrs. Breen's, the Coles' and in 98 other homes in the Burlington area are part of an experimental energy-conservation method called "ripple control" that is being tested by Vermont's Green Mountain Power Corp. with a grant from the Federal Energy Administration.

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Ripple control is aimed at saving generating costs by turning off water heaters twice a day during periods of peak consumer demand, when electricity is most expensive to produce.

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Moreover, in the nine months since G.M.P. installed ripple control, not a single customer has complained.

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In Western Europe, where electric power has always been expensive, ripple control has been in use for 30 years.

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