"The light goes out!". We need a committed power parameter.

[PasquinoFI]

Hello,

the stocastic process is not able to understeand that we can't switch on at the same time for example oven, hairdryer and washing machine. If we create house with a lot of domestic appliance (as a realistic one) and we let the simulation run the result is that one day every four days approximately the power needed for some minutes is more than the power that a normal eletrical contract can provide (3.3kW for example).

A simple solution could be to add a parameter of the maximum power that can be provided by an user and cut the series after the simulation but it would not be entirely correct. The best thing would be to add the parameter at the user_class and then to use it in the stocastic process.

What do you think about that?

[FLomb]

I am not sure, because the 3.3kW limit, for instance, is a very peculiar feature of how the Italian electricity system is operated. Other countries have very different mechanisms, such as economic penalties that do not lead to service interruptions. I guess we could implement this as an optional parameter. If you want to try something, I would ask you to do so working on the development branch, where we are already implementing several major changes.