After checking out your idea, found it to be quite inventive and original. Great job. And good luck to your idea. I am a supporter.
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Welcome to the world of Rhea
Rhea is the Greek goddess of earth, sky, and flow. She was born from the Greek goddess Ge who brought forth all life, breathing life and form into all matter. Now history repeated itself and GE has once again breathe life and form into Rhea. Thanks to the ecomagination challenge Rhea has been reborn.
Rhea (recycling home energy appliance) has been born out of a necessity to save energy and recycle heat, heat that we currently discard. She is a combination of appliances working in conjunction with one another. Rhea has the capability to remove more heat from our gray water than was added in the first place. She improves our indoor air quality and harnesses heat from our attics and clothes dryers. Rhea can be incorporated into any type of heating system and lower its overall operating costs.
Rhea is simple in concept, easy to understand, uncomplicated to build and trouble free to install and operate. She provides many services to a homeowner most of which are currently unavailable and she performs them automatically, making life easier.
Rhea’s Benefits:
1 She can save more than 40% of a home’s hot water bill.
2 She can increase the fresh air intake’s temperature by up to 75% and save on a heating bill.
3 She can supply or supplement all or part of a home’s heating and cooling.
4 Rhea provides instant warm water at all faucets and helps conserve water.
5 She can reduce the temperature of one’s attic making cooling easer or unnecessary.
6 Rhea recycles that attic heat and uses it to preheat the hot water.
7 She can recycle the heat from a clothes dryer and process the lint again making life easier.
8 Rhea can provide endless hot water.
9 She can vastly improve a home’s indoor air quality.
10 Rhea contains a bag free central vacuum which only requires minimum maintenance.
11 She can remove stale air from up to 5 locations throughout the home.
12 Rhea can pay for herself in less than 10 years!
13 Rhea is modular and can be quickly assembled.
14 Because of this parts of Rhea can be quickly replaced and fixed off site.
15 Rhea provides a 10 gallon power flush to the sewer line and is invaluable to all municipalities.
16 Overall Rhea can save a family of 4 $400 or more per year in energy savings.

Rhea is the next step in conservation and when combined with our Smart Washer/ Dryer combo (SWorD) is a perfect fit to finish the GE Net Zero Home. Visit me and tell me what you think?

It would not be difficult to automatically switch the power off during the night. But the question is whether people want to lose the convenience of stand-by. I recommend that you work out your idea a little further and then post a link to a YouTube video where you present a more detailed plan.


For now, I will give you my vote as I do agree that the "hidden" power users are part of the problem.

Great idea. Continue to think outside the box, imagination creates true innovations.

This idea is vaguely similiar to a few others. With your idea, some appliances would still have to hybernate down at differing levels, making programming of some sort necessary...such as with another idea. It's a good idea, but it seems to be kind of a bark when others are biting. Please don't take offence...no slam intended.