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An increase in electricity demand?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-50613678


"Electric heaters and cookers were being offered to elderly or sick customers, and those with young children."


Certainly if we lost our gas supply, whilst we aleady cook electric, our heating is gas fired CH. To maintain comfort levels I could see three or four 2 kW fan heaters being utilised for much of the day. As for domestic water heating, a kettle or two. 


I seem to remember a previous gas problem where the local gas supplier took round electric heaters to affected houses and blew a few main fuses....???


The photograph of the SGN vehicle with a sat dish and two air conditioners has me wondering. If the a/c units are to get rid of excessive heat build up, then besides the load of the TWO a/c compressors, I wonder what they have in the van - besides a rather large gene??


Clive
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  • If it happened here I would currently be changing our hot water cylinder as it does not have an immersion heater boss, never mind an immersion heater and I would not fancy trying to retrofit a boss given the age of the cylinder. Some things are best left well alone!


    The alternative would be to drop an electric boiler in alongside the existing gas boiler, but given the age of our heating system I cannot foresee that ending well either.


    So plan C would be to rip the basket gas fire out and burn something in the old fireplace, though we do live in a smoke control area, not that many of our neighbours respect it.


    Andy B.
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  • If it happened here I would currently be changing our hot water cylinder as it does not have an immersion heater boss, never mind an immersion heater and I would not fancy trying to retrofit a boss given the age of the cylinder. Some things are best left well alone!


    The alternative would be to drop an electric boiler in alongside the existing gas boiler, but given the age of our heating system I cannot foresee that ending well either.


    So plan C would be to rip the basket gas fire out and burn something in the old fireplace, though we do live in a smoke control area, not that many of our neighbours respect it.


    Andy B.
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