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    Plug & Play Solar

    Ah, lot of history there... In the UK we use ring mains. This is a carry over from post war shortages of copper - it enables you to provide more current using smaller cables. For most of the rest of the world, they use radial distribution - lots of single spurs coming from a distribution box...
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    Fuel Shortages

    Its the ethanol content. E5 has up to 5%, E10 up to 10%. Ethanol is hygroscopic - it attracts water (via the atmosphere). After time you get separation - the ethanol/water mix sinks to the bottom of the fuel tank (where the pump inlet normally is) and its non-combustable. The ethanol depleted...
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    Plug & Play Solar

    I would very much like one, so that I could feed the solar panels on the shed into the house. But after looking into it, I would need: To have a new electricity meter installed Get a new distribution panel so that it can take a modern size RCD (or have a second panel)3 Get a spur added to the...
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    Plug & Play Solar

    Provided the inverter is G98 compliant, and you know what you are doing, then technically you can do this. However, there are loads of gotchas. The Gov announcement to allow for plug-in "balcony" solar generation will allow you to buy a complete kit that you will be able to just plug into the...
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    Petrol - stabilising

    I've used fuel stabiliser for many years, mainly when storing things like lawn mowers and generators over winter. Means I don't have to drain anything and, in the case of the generator, its available for immediate use. Just got the generator out of storage yesterday and it fired up fine after a...
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    Plug & Play Solar

    Technically, you can't use these in the UK without getting an electrician to wire them into your main distribution board. However, as part of their Solar Roadmap, the gov is running a study to look at the feasibility to use these, and that is due to report back this month. The IET has already...
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    Hello from Sussex

    Hi, Quick intro. Located down on the South Coast. Been interested in bushcraft / prep'ing for a while. Have been on some other forums but my interests are much more on the practical side of things. Looks like there is a lot of practical information here. Have a background in IT but also...
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