HackerTube / Video
Britain peak power demand (from BBC TV series: Britain from Above)
fiddyschmitt
A clip from the BBC series Britain from Above showing UK peak power demand. It shows a grid engineer preparing for the surge as millions put the kettle on when a popular show ends.
HN cites it as the canonical illustration of TV pickup and grid balancing, and as a must-see example of demand spikes.
12 Hacker News mentions · 2013–2026