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Other than maybe limiting running several high load items together.

OK this sounds like a to the house delivery issue. Do you know whether the power company pimut that cable is or was it the house builder?

Thickness of the copper in the cable is what will influence this. In my home the sockets downstairs where the expectation of higher loads are- cooker, washing machine tumble dryer lawnmower are on a ring main upstairs they all spurs. Cable calculators are useful for working out where your...

Where on the system is the monitor unit? Is it at the point where supply enters the building or on the internal wiring?

Home Bargains meths is good in my Trangia

Home Bargains- believe it or not is really good stuff with tonic water & ice on a hot day..

I like tofu too. My wife has been vegetarian for most of her adult life, and the kids and I eat meat 1 or 2 times a month. TVP is good too. Have you tride Tempe? Its like tofu but more solid.

@Toddy. You seem to be at pains tell me how this group works, how long it's been here and what a hypocrite I am. I would dearly love to be completely off the grid on ny own land, with enough land to be self sufficient. I don't even own my own home, I'm lucky I have a life tenancy & the landlord...

I have just started listening to this on Audible. It's very good.

It's OK, I found the ignore button. I'm sure if we were real identities on here that sort of thing wouldn't happen

Other power.com is a good source of information on renewable & off grid.

It's OK, I found the ignore button. I'm sure if we were real identities on here that sort of thing wouldn't happen.

These are a tidy system

Mine are in a brick shed attached (the old outside toilet) to the back of the terraced house. They are about the size of a chest of drawers in total together.

I have 500Ah (Amp hours) of old Trojan traction cells. These are 2nd hand VRLA (Valve Regulated Lead Acid) batteries from a golf buggy, well 3 actually. They cost £80 each and were drop tested and tested for retaining charge. They are heavy!! I have had the for 5 years and they currently run a...

@Toddy we live on the grid, but can easily live isolated from the grid with some minor adjustments. We wanted to be able to have hot water even if we don't have central heating. Having lived off grid, the transition was easy but we wanted options.

I have a 12v 300w immersion long heater not installed (in soreage). The immersion entry point is at the top of the tank so I wouldn't have to drain it completely to install.

I currently have 500wp of PV of which 300Wp are in storage and only used for festivals to run a small off grid sound system. If required I can hook the pump & reg to off grid. It can be off grid but at the moment it's not. It would take about 3 hours toe switch it to off grid with kit I...

No I am not. When an unvented Cylinder is installed according to the water regulations (WRAS) it must meet the following criteria it must have its own water inlet regulator rated for the tank, a non return valve soas to not contaminate the supply 3 overpressure/thermal dump valves, tundish at...

The system I have was installed by me. We use an Ozo twin coil unvented 200ltr stainless cylinder, installed to meet current uk WRAS regulations for safety and planning regs. There is a pump & flow control running the solar energy input and a differential thermostatic controller which sense...