SteamyTea

Really has not been that bad here. We are used to 100 MPH winds, though not had any recently. As the wind was predominantly from the West, app the ports are sheltered, they they are built that way around.

How many years/decades have you lived in that area?

They trust a nobhead estate agent to measure it.

It is comic day. So ignored all advice and gone out. Unlike the post sorting office that is closed, with my parcel in it.

The worse power cut I have had lasted 4 hours. That is in over 20 years. And that was caused by a digger. It is not really third world down here. Waiting for this Eunice to do here worse, not too bad at moment and the tide us now on way out, so flooding risk is dropping rapidly.

Photons are counted in micromoles (µmol). One µmol is 602 quadrillion photons.

Design your electrical system as if it is an off grid place, then you can plug in either a generator or a battery system. The PV system may as well be an off grid system to start with, either pump into so thermal storage (water or rocks) and a small battery for lighting. Cooking becomes the harder part. Even a small induction hob is going to need 2 kW and an oven 1.5 kW. So maybe bottled gas for those until PV/battery prices make it viable. Just stick in the wiring and swapping them over is easy. Just keep it all simple, low capacity (so don't have 50 downlighters around the place) and flexible with radial circuits.

You have highlighted why the term 'Engineer' needs to be protected. Nothing wrong with being a technician, but there is a huge difference between one and an Engineer.

Or a man measures a hole. How long to sell the glazing?

SMP (simple mathematics project). Can tell when you went to school. The example I had was two men digging a tunnel, 1 and 2 metres and hour and the other at 3.5 metres and hour. What times does the cat put the tea on?

Thanks £577. Get a generator and a few gallons of gasoline for that.

Raspberry Pi ZeroW and a BME280 or DHT22 and you can log the temperature and RH.

Can't get past the cookie and invite screen, so won't be seeing what it is about. I wish websites would stop offering a choice, when there is no choice.

How irritating that some little fart designed it so badly. You can always tell which house in the street is rented out to the bad ones. The meter box door is broken.

How much are you willing to pay a metre for a custom design?

Seems they need more than just the element/thermostat combo. https://www.estg.eu/en-gb/mypv-immersion-heater-3kw/

I have had that with people on here. Agree with them, but saying it differently seems, for some, to be the polar opposite.

You know there are 2 sites? The main one gets the data from Elexon, if you hunt around there, there are some notes about what is metered and what isn't. Without looking back up the posts, do your numbers match with the link you just posted? Ah, they do, needed to scroll down a bit more.

Yes, never thought of that. See what I can find in the 48V range.

A 10A load would be OK as that is what the continuous load rating is. We had some old 3 kW storage heaters wired in like that. Luckily they only had 2 or the 4 elements working in them. Kept the inflammable resin and acetone at a usable temperature. Looking back the things we got away with in the 1980s is quite impressive. One lad we employed was so keen to wire in a 7 kW sunbed when there was not a dedicated supply that he just split the wiring up, top and bottom. Then a bit of flex to plugs and found a double wall socket, plugged it in, told the customer that it was commissioned and left.

If the country code for the inverter is set incorrectly, this can cause a lot of disconnection. Seen that happen a few times. Especially with SMA, and they need an installer code to change it.

@TerryE I think the topic of load through a 13A plug came from the above. I can see the thinking behind it. I can be a quick fix/test if a concept. Probably not a permanent solution.

You can mimic most things in GRP. So not really sure what you mean about ugly edge.

Would it just be easier to make up an electronic breaker? Though there is beauty in the simplicity of a bimetallic strip. Or the cheap inverter idea. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384595771597

I seem to remember that Gridwatch does not meter all generation, certainly the case with PV. What total wind generation are you getting for 2019 and 2020?