{"id":1048,"date":"2015-05-31T19:26:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T19:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/?page_id=1048"},"modified":"2017-10-31T00:21:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T00:21:55","slug":"national-community-network","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/national-community-network\/","title":{"rendered":"1910-1950 National Community Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oct 2017 Page to be revised soon<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1910 \u2013 1950s:\u00a0 a National Network of Community-owned grids<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Technology<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1089\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/odameter-type.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1089 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/odameter-type-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"odameter type\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/odameter-type-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/odameter-type.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electricity_meter\">wiki -meter with numeral display <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Electrical products still commonly generated locally using water turbines and combustion engines (coal, diesel, coal gas etc.) The increasing dependence on Bulk-generated products from large-scale distant generators meant Direct Current systems are converted to Alternating Current.<br \/>\nSimple electro-mechanical \u201cdial\u201d meters.\u00a0 The introduction of \u201codometer\u201d type meters means householders can access the gross information of dwelling grid more easily.<br \/>\nManual circuit breakers (switches) Simple fuse with sacrificial wire manually replaced.<br \/>\nLow quality insulation. However the widespread use of steel conduit piping makes wiring safer.<br \/>\n<strong>Common uses of electrical products<\/strong>:<br \/>\nhousehold appliance use extends to include radio, hot-water and radiator heating, washing machines, pumps, fans, portable lighting.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Information<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Visual by observing the meter reading, fuse loading, appliance performance etc. Data is recorded manually onto paper.<br \/>\nUrban areas become fully interconnected. Community systems such as Municipal Electricity Departments (MED) and Power Boards can now collate significant information\u00a0about the patterns of behaviour of the users of the network e.g. the impacts of dwelling design, type of appliance use, hours of use etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Civics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 1918 Electric Power Boards Act provides the framework for the development of a national network of community cooperatives and in 1920 the Electricity Supply Authorities Association provides national mechanism for coordinating common approach to establishment and processes of Power Boards. By the 1950s a national network of 60 cooperatives in the form of MEDs or Power Boards is formed under this framework.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2124\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2124 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/south-island-300-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/south-island-300-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/south-island-300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Power to the People -Electricity Supply Association of NZ (Neil Rennie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2123 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/north-island-300-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/north-island-300-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/north-island-300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>New Zealand becomes the world leader in the provision of reticulated electrical products to nationwide rural area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2141\" src=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/votingpaper.100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"84\" \/>All citizens of voting age retain the right to vote every three years how their community uses its local electrical potential and how the information of their home is used.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Common Perception of Dwelling 230v Control Console<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Commonly sited near ceiling on wall of dwelling entrance hall way. Oxygen and light still easily perish the insulation of the wiring &#8211; wire terminals particularly dangerous because of the high risk of fire and electrical shock. Most people learn this is a no-go zone in their home.<br \/>\nControl console now often boxed in as equipment becomes much smaller and safer. Thus it becomes less visible.<br \/>\nElectrical products are increasingly symbolized as \u201cpower\u201d e.g. power meter, power socket, power cable, Power Board etc. Meter readers begin to be known as the \u201cpower man\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/power-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1091 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/power-14.jpg\" alt=\"power 14\" width=\"600\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/power-14.jpg 600w, https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/power-14-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/power-14.jpg\">From Energy?! Chapter Seven The Ego and Power<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This confusion of the measure (the rate energy is manifest) with the measured (230 volt electrical products) is mainly propagated by speculative bankers and by well-meaning engineers who teach that civilization resides in the use of Bulk-generated electrical products. This misuse and abuse of the \u201cpower\u201d symbol works to generate addictive use of these products. Common perceptions of the 230v control console become confused. It is increasingly perceived as an omnipotent yet alien object inducing awe, mystery, danger and fear of disconnection.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Health \/ecology<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1186\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/generator-small-scale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1186\" src=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/generator-small-scale-300x199.jpg\" alt=\" Dwelling scale generator \" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/generator-small-scale-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/generator-small-scale-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rwt8oS20HzQ\">Youtube video: Dwelling scale generator 1927<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The belief it is acceptable to burn coal on scale is extended in this period to include the belief\u00a0 it is also acceptable to burn mineral oil\u00a0 on scale in\u00a0 cars, trucks, ships, generators of 230v electrical products etc<br \/>\nThis ethos promotes an escalating dependence on Bulk-generated electrical products and increasing focus on mining the Earth, including the construction of large-scale dams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The\u00a0 general awareness of our local solar and wind potential diminishes, as does the belief in the use of electrically driven rail-transport systems.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1179\" style=\"width: 136px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Queen_Street_Lower_Auckland.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1179\" src=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Queen_Street_Lower_Auckland-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Wiki trams in NZ\" width=\"136\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Queen_Street_Lower_Auckland-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Queen_Street_Lower_Auckland.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trams_in_New_Zealand\">Wiki trams in NZ Auckland 1919<br \/> <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1180\" style=\"width: 119px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mp.natlib.govt_.nz-auckland-1949.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1180\" src=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mp.natlib.govt_.nz-auckland-1949-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"mp.natlib.govt.nz auckland 1949\" width=\"119\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mp.natlib.govt_.nz-auckland-1949-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mp.natlib.govt_.nz-auckland-1949.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 119px) 100vw, 119px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mp.natlib.govt.nz\/detail\/?id=29880&amp;l=en\">Auckland 1949<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1182\" style=\"width: 123px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/old_Windmill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1182\" src=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/old_Windmill-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"old_Windmill\" width=\"123\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/old_Windmill-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/old_Windmill.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windmill\">wiki windmill<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/1890-1910s-electrifying-transformation\">Back<br \/>\n1890 \u2013 1910s The Advent of Reticulated Electrical Products<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/1950-1980s-230v_telecom_grids\">\u00a0Next <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/truehope.info\/wordpress\/1950-1980s-230v_telecom_grids\">1950 \u2013 1980s The 230v Grids become Telecommunications System<\/a>s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct 2017 Page to be revised soon 1910 \u2013 1950s:\u00a0 a National Network of Community-owned grids Technology Electrical products still commonly generated locally using water turbines and combustion engines (coal, diesel, coal gas etc.) The increasing dependence on Bulk-generated products from large-scale distant generators meant Direct Current systems are converted to Alternating Current. 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