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Last seen: Oct 2, 2026
I think that this is very much in @ashp-bobba's lane.
It's been a hectic few months for me so not kept up with what's happening in the world of plug-ins, but the new regs appear to create a narrow route f...
@jamespa, I think that’s a fair reading of it. It feels deliberately temporary to me too, something the government can implement quickly before winter...
@Steveimpey, having skimmed through the manuals and the replies above, my non-expert reading is that there are two separate issues here.Firstly, the i...
@Keithb, I think @JamesPa is right to slow this down before assuming that switch is the answer. There appear to be three separate things becoming ...
@BlizzardGreen I’m not an expert in inverter wiring, so please treat this as my interpretation rather than installation advice, but I think the manual...
The government has announced that VAT will be removed from household electricity bills for six months from 1 October, which should save the average ho...
@sttpd1917, @jamespa has cut straight to the heart of it! They should provide this, and I would ask for it in writing before taking the proposal any f...
@paulc my view after reading the whole thread is that I would pause before committing to this proposal. The individual components may all be capable o...
@indevolt-tech can you please assist @blizzardgreen.
@trebor12345 two cents worth from me. I can understand the reasoning for bringing the cables into the bottom of the enclosure but I don’t think that n...
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