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  "id": 6258,
  "title": "Periodic event in current data",
  "url": "/competitions/belkin-energy-disaggregation-competition/discussion/6258",
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  "post_date": "2013-11-08T10:05:29.587Z",
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  "content": "<p>Hello,</p>\n<p>I've attached a graph of the absolute values of current for the 2 phases. In the red boxes you can see a periodic event that is consuming power but doesn't exists in the tagging info.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>What is it? Should be considered noise?</p>\n<p>Thanks,</p>\n<p>Nick</p>",
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      "id": "33408",
      "postDate": "11/08/2013 10:05:29",
      "content": "<p>Hello,</p>\n<p>I've attached a graph of the absolute values of current for the 2 phases. In the red boxes you can see a periodic event that is consuming power but doesn't exists in the tagging info.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>What is it? Should be considered noise?</p>\n<p>Thanks,</p>\n<p>Nick</p>",
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      "id": "33433",
      "postDate": "11/08/2013 16:27:29",
      "content": "<p>My assumption was that was some sort of heating/cooling system that kicks in with a fairly regular though not perfectly periodic behavior, e.g. the room temperature drops to 65 degrees (F), the system kicks in, the temperature rises to 70 degrees, the system turns off, the temperature drops, etc. That's just a guess.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>At any rate, I treated it as noise - those controlling the appliances did not have control over it.</p>",
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      "id": "33450",
      "postDate": "11/09/2013 00:10:17",
      "content": "<p>Your guess makes sense ronsfeld. Thanks for the reply.</p>",
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      "id": 33433,
      "author_name": "rosnfeld",
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      "post_date": "11/08/2013 16:27:29",
      "content": "<p>My assumption was that was some sort of heating/cooling system that kicks in with a fairly regular though not perfectly periodic behavior, e.g. the room temperature drops to 65 degrees (F), the system kicks in, the temperature rises to 70 degrees, the system turns off, the temperature drops, etc. That's just a guess.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>At any rate, I treated it as noise - those controlling the appliances did not have control over it.</p>",
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      "id": 33450,
      "author_name": "nicktgr15",
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      "post_date": "11/09/2013 00:10:17",
      "content": "<p>Your guess makes sense ronsfeld. Thanks for the reply.</p>",
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