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I searched for "meter ring load limiter", and found this product: http://www.brooksutility.com/products/75

So the utility installs a 10-30 amp circuit breaker outside the customer's house. Should be enough to power a gas furnace, but if they draw more than 1200-7200 watts (120V*10A to 240V*30A), the breaker pops and they have to go outside and reset it.

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In a Calgary winter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary#Climate

Evil

It’s almost certainly gas heat, but you need electricity to run the blower. If they’re not providing enough power for that, there’s no point in even bothering to limit.

I thought they were remarking on braving the weather to reset the switch.

I was going to say that those temperatures sounded not a lot colder than my native Iowa, but apparently Iowa’s coldest month averages 55 degrees F (absurd) according to: https://en.climate-data.org/north-america/united-states-of-a...

This data is not accurate.

Averages from Des Moines (middle of Iowa) https://weatherspark.com/y/10312/Average-Weather-in-Des-Moin...

Jan high of 33° F

Edit: looks like the original link was climate data for a town called Iowa in the state of Louisiana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa,_Louisiana

20 years ago when I was going to school in Winneshiek county, the average winter temperature was considered to be 19F. Lots of -50F nights. About every other year there was at least one story of someone freezing to death when their car broke down, etc.

When I was a few years old, my neighbor and his wife were driving home from town just a few miles away. They got in an argument and the wife demanded to walk home. She died of hypothermia.

Unless there was a third person in the car besides your neighbour and his wife, I'd take the statement of the wife "demanding" to walk home with a grain of salt. Especially an adult who would have heard about others freezing to death and hopefully knew better.

Yeah, I'm sure the police looked into it. I'm probably not recounting the story with perfect accuracy either.

I think that's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa,_Louisiana based on the URL :)

Climate data is usually by city, since (say) Sioux City and Cedar Rapids may have totally different climates.

Hah, that’s funny. I spent a good 5 minutes trying to make sense of that page.

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