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    It would usually mean putting a 50a breaker and a 10mm cable minimum, bigger if the run is long. Some of the higher flow units are up at between 12 and 15kw, with the baby units around 9kw. Wattage divided by voltage gives you the current ( as a rough guide ), then allow diversity factor. Your supposed to add to the volume of CWS storage when you add a point of consumption The main problem is when your shower empties most, but not all, of the water from the tank and then the splashing water entering the tank stirs up the silt etc at the bottom of the tank. That then gets pulled into the filters of such devices and causes premature failure / excessively high maintenance intervals. The hot water cylinder requires a min of 25 gal and the shower the same, so running off one 25 gal tank will work if you don't shower excessively long or no one is using hot water at the same time, but is not recommended as it doesn't allow any redundancy / for the CWS not to be regularly depleted.
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    If water pressure is shat, then I'd recommend a tank fed electric shower. This is basically a normal electric shower but it has a small ( integral ) impeller pump to 'suck' water from the header tank and that gets pumped into the shower to give you tidy pressure. Downside is a little noise of the pump running, but an excellent option as it's totally unaffected by other things being used in the house, ( which normally PLAGUE a regular electric shower to a point where they shut down completely and run stone cold ) so worth the trade off. Youll have to add a sister CWS tank if the one you have now is only 25 gal, as you'll need the additional stored water ( 2x 25 gal ) to feed the shower. All you need to do is plonk the tank alongside the existing one and add a low level connection. Doesn't need a ball valve or overflow etc, just one interconnecting pipe 22mm. Cut into the link pipe and tee out there to feed the shower. ?
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    Question. Do all these various online outlets DO a 'January sale' ? Can't help thinking it's better to hold off rather than buy now..... Aaaagh. ?
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    Cheers for that ?, much appreciated. I'll give Arbico a whizz, they on phone or email only? PM me with contact details if poss please mate ?
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    Cheers. Seems that's the kiddy. NOW...........next question. Black Friday just grinds my gears, shall I wait until the January sales to buy the PC ? More machine vs same coin maybe?
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    Best to mention at some point that 'all RCBO' is preferential to 17thED 'dual RCD', in most folks opinion .
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    If the cables feeding the CU ( tails ) are going to be longer than 3m you'll need a switched fused isolator ( KMF / similar ) to protect the run. After that it's a straight forward job tbh. Look at peripheral stuff too for additional costs such as 10mm bond to gas and stopcock, as they may need doing / upgrading also. You could save a few quid by pulling the earth cables in ready, if they're not there already.
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    If you put one of those into your new bathroom I'll find you and thrash you with some thorny brambles. Great on pinball machines from the 80's, NOT great in a bathroom.
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    Treatment plants have low level VP's so I don't see the problem tbh. Challenge the BCO I just did and saved the customer about £10k .
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    Why not infill between the 'joists' with battens and 18mm ply, finished flush. Then put a 12mm V grooved engineered floor down. Bingo.
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    PMSL. ?
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    Ok, that's your lot ?? Just getting my yellow cards ready .
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    I WAS supposed to 'inherit' my boys laptop, but it met with an untimely death as my boy was, most likely, swinging a fist at it when getting shot or overtaken during gameplay. ?. I love kids, but couldn't eat a whole one.
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    After an hour of my boy going on and on about the PC he wanted, I remember he knew it'd need an upgraded graphics card. Iirc it was something along these lines
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    So no need to worry about the 3tb being HDD then on the Argos kiddy?
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    So the 3tb for general use and keep the SSD for less frequently accessed 'important' stuff?
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    I've got a 500gb SSD from my boys dead laptop. Don't know if that'll go direct in the tower or need a case and go external?
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    Spec / cost please ? ?
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    Any thoughts on this PC ? ?? Needs a good graphics card, as it's for my boy ( gaming etc ) but with i7 and 3Tb sounds a good price. Ta.
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    Quote from the link, "The ecoTEC plus 938 is a 38kW high efficiency storage combination boiler which has been designed especially for larger homes which have a higher hot water demand."
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    Good luck with your nighttime reading ?
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    SAP should go against its lowest kw output ( e.g. when fully modulating). Is that the case? If so, iirc, the Vaillant will go down to 9kw.
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