Your home electrical wiring is probably low voltage cable. It operates on a circuit. Your home most likely has telephone wiring too.

"This page gives you all the information you need to know about how to install and wire up a small CAT5, CAT5e, or CAT6 ether net computer network, such as in your home or a small office; or to make your own Ethernet cables. " A colorful description of the basic wiring requirement of a twisted pair is that "A key thing to remember is that a twisted-pair network must be arranged in a "star".

http://www.derose.net/steve/guides/wiring/

Energy Star indicates an appliance that is designed with efficiency in mind.


Where is this leading? Nearly every home in America is a circuit on a grid with many other homes in an even larger grid. The wheels are turning. Are we missing an opportunity to hook up everyone to a giant Turing computing scheme?