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Yeah - that unit looks a bit shonky and introduces ‘uncontrolled automation’ where ‘controlled switching is required.

I’d be quite happy having a CE/BS compliant MCB that connected in to the main...

Now - there's another aspect!!

But if you ignore the local substations and go back up the grid to 33kv/11kv or the next higher stage?

I appreciate that inrush currents may be significant on re-energising of substation...

Are there not breakers at each end of all HV distribution cables?

Surely you have to be able to isolate at any downstream substation from incoming power? If you isolate at the incomer and...

The same government which predicted 10yrs before, that a pandemic was the worst case threat to the country…………. But did shag-all about it?

Pass the candles……….. :ambivalence:

For control of what is running off it - you’d run extension leads plugged into the generator, but as long as you have control over consumers - you can install an incoming Circuit breaker downstream...

You could be faced with cooking a shitload of food, if the power goes off…… and then eating it all rather than wasting it.

I might invest in a generator………………..

Same as when I bought my...

Until she uses the new washing machine and the heater bank cuts in, and fries the PCB.............

Trust me.............

Get a petrol generator

BUT - only use to power the following (and not nec all at once)

In principle:

Group A
Gas Boiler
CH Pump
CH Controller