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There are a number of different options available to your meter installer. Go over to the topic on Smart Meters and you'll see I've posted photos of...
Oh, that's interesting Kieran. My first salaried work in the electronics field was in a team designing underwater robots for oil-rig inspection. But t...
DESNZ and Ofgem are well aware of the disconnect between those agencies/companies who form parts of the GB energy supply system. This is one of many...
I too have slow internet, Kieran.But that's because I live in the West Country, where I rely on two pieces of damp string running along the hedgerow. ...
Was this DIY or did you instruct a professional installer? I faced a similar situation in a Devon farmhouse (1937) with a suspended floor.We've both...
Here's a graphic of a cell-voltage chart which I print out and keep handy beside my batteries.It saves you trying to multiply by 16 to two decimal pla...
This subject isn't one of my strengths, but let me observe: 1: There is a PAS2035 standard which is intended to address retrofitting existing buildi...
Yes, that's fine, @makia2023. To deliver the 20A+ across the short-circuit, it can drop the voltage.That's what we'd expect.The current-limiting is ...
As the power supply has current limiting, you can check to see if it really will deliver the full 20A.Set a lowish voltage; 3v will do.Then connect a ...
You read that quickly @sentinam Did you pick up the dry sense of humour from the Chair, Angus Brendan MacNeil MP (Outer Hebrides)? 😉 What the Com...
Have a look at the investigation being run by the House Of Commons Select Committee on Energy into the topic of Heating our Homes. They've just had ...
You can't 'plan to run just below' 20A.The power supply doesn't operate like that. You fix the voltage (3.6v), and the power supply chooses the curr...
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