Talk:Tag:generator:source=electricity

Conflict with power=converter

This conflicts with reviewed power=converter and probably with power=transformer.
Furthermore, power=generator is defined as a device which converts power from one form to another. Converting frequency doesn't change the nature of the power (electricity -> electricity)
Then I suggest to don't use power=generator in place of power=converter. Fanfouer (talk) 21:31, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Did I understand correctly that you would prefer to use power=converter for a frequency converter. Can you then expand the wiki-page power=converter accordingly?

I was actually looking for a battery storage (Batteriespeicher). Is there a suggestion how to tag it?--geozeisig (talk) 10:05, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes, I prefer to use power=converter for frequency converter as suggest the back-to-back value. I would surely make the wiki page clearer regarding that later in the weekend.

Battery storage is an interesting topic that I don't remerber to had dealt with on OSM. This would require an extension of generator:source=* and generator:method=*. Question is to know if we have to describe batteries as proper generators, since it stores and don't generate properly. How do you feel regarding this? Fanfouer (talk) 18:41, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Battery storage

A battery storage is actually not a generator and no power plant but a energy storage. (Near where I live there is a house with CellCube. I will map it if I know more about the tagging.) There are other ways to save energy, see Energy_storage. Maybe we have to think about it when we do something new. So far, there are already:

• Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
• Tag:man_made=hot_water_tank / Tag:man_made=storage_tank + content=hot_water (it is not clear which tag of both is better?)

The topic was briefly discussed in the German forum: Mapping Batteriespeicher Stromnetz. There you will find an example Roosecote BatteryRoosecote Battery with battery icon or Batteriespeicher Batteriespeicher on OpenInfraMap

geozeisig (talk) 07:18, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

A battery storage could barely be considered as a generator as it converts chemical energy to electricity (most of the time).

Nevertheless, it would be interesting to define power=storage or power=store.

A water pumping plant won't be defined as a power storage as most of the time upside lake gets input from streams or river (and not from the power house).

We'll have to take care of flywheels also Fanfouer (talk) 14:50, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

I would prefer power=storage. We would have to specify the type more precisely, e.g. with storage=*. This is already in use see storage together with man_made=storage.

Maybe power=energy_storage would be even better to distinguish it from material storage. Then we could use energy_storage=* for the type.--geozeisig (talk) 08:36, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Hot water boilers for district heating

This should be valid as there are electric backup generators to heat the water. Gazer75 (talk) 21:09, 20 September 2023 (UTC)