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Originally Posted by DasBoot
There's no such thing as a free lunch. Especially when it comes to energy.
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The idea isn't to reduce consumption but to reduce demand. If your house uses 100 kWh/day of consumption then the only way to reduce it is to turn something off. However, you CAN reduce demand. Demand is simply the KW at a given moment. So if your largest load is a motor in your garage, let's say it's demand is 130 KW you can reduce the demand by using the stored energy in caps to help "boost" the motor's starting current and reduce the demand on your utility line to say 120 KW. You have reduced your demand but you have not reduced your consumption.