This might be a tall order, but I have one of those White-Rodgers thermostats that my city's electric utility can regulate by remote control. It uses a VHF signal around 50-60 MHz from what I can tell, and the program has done wonders for our electric consumption locally -- cranking the temperature up on really hot days, lowering the heat on cold days, shutting things off during peak periods, etc.
But I'm a hobbyist, so I've got to know: Has anyone figured out a way to build your own transmitter to override the thermostat? Has anyone hacked this particular model? Better yet, does anyone have the kind of radio transmitter electric utilities use to create a "curtailment event?"
Worth a shot, right?
But I'm a hobbyist, so I've got to know: Has anyone figured out a way to build your own transmitter to override the thermostat? Has anyone hacked this particular model? Better yet, does anyone have the kind of radio transmitter electric utilities use to create a "curtailment event?"
Worth a shot, right?