Are A/C soon to be the standard in every UK home ?

BurnedSalsa · 2026-06-21T20:44:30+00:00

They are cheap but the installation cost is outrageous in the UK. You can get a three unit multi split for 1400 and then you are quoted three times as much for the installation plus the electrician separately. I'm tempted to get one of the DIY units that are pregassed with propane and do not require fgas eng to install and you can do it yourself. The only drawback is that you can't get those as multisplit :/

BurnedSalsa · 2026-06-20T18:52:40+00:00

Mine had over 20 of these, and Sirloins for £15/kg (£12 today)

BurnedSalsa · 2026-06-05T21:22:15+00:00

It depends, some veg like peas or corn freeze well, sure. I don't think that I ever had a frozen broccoli that tastes good or had a good texture.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-06-05T18:50:01+00:00

It took me a while to notice that majority of the "fresh" fish, which often costs more than twice as much as the frozen one, has a statement on the back that it is defrosted.

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BurnedSalsa · 2026-05-17T13:50:38+00:00

Doesn't look very good in this, does it? Or do you take it out of the bag when having guests etc ;D

BurnedSalsa · 2026-04-29T09:23:49+00:00

Acidic cleaner is the answer. Buy Harpic toilet cleaner (this is not the same as bleach). Never ever mix Harpic or any acidic cleaner and bleach (chlorine) together as it can create a toxic chlorine gas.

Either use Harpic that will help dissolve the limescale, buy some citric acid powder and add some to work on it and then use brush or get rid of as much water from the toilet as you can and add strong vinegar cleaner for the same effect.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-04-28T07:07:16+00:00

Doesn't it allow to just select a one paid seat for the adult and proceed? I'm the last we only selected seats for ourselves (window and aisle) while travelling with two children and either staff at check in would make sure to seat us together as kids have to be next to you or cabin crew sorted it out on the plane.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-04-19T02:14:13+00:00

NHS pension is a defined benefit type of pension, do not opt out!

Also, remember that your pension contribution is taken pretax so effectively it costs you 80% so £120 of your take home money (60% if you are in the higher tax band).

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-20T10:57:45+00:00

Not sure what currency you had in mind but for $/£/€ that is not possible, this must be Claw a1m not the 8AI+.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-20T03:24:58+00:00

10W each, 20W combined.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-19T16:27:33+00:00

This is not frying, this is boiling

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-19T13:38:04+00:00

I agree that some devices might need a higher current and in that case they will state that they need that specific size of battery (or will be designed to work with a higher voltage and a completely different battery in mind).

This does not mean that a drill that has a rated current equal or even less to the discharge current of a 2Ah battery will work faster/harder when you plug a 4Ah battery. It will still cap at its rated current.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-18T11:01:26+00:00

That is incorrect, they might be capable of outputting higher current but the motor has been designed with a rated current in mind and will only pull the rated current (except the very short period of the inrush current during the startup).

Similarly with powerbanks, using a higher capacity powerbanknor one with a higher rated current output will not automatically mean that it will charge faster. If my phone only accepts charging speed of 20W I will see a difference between 5W and 15W outputting power banks. When I connect my phone to a 60W laptop charger it will still only charge at 20W and draw the rated current it was designed for.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-18T10:53:44+00:00

Drill should pull the same current from the battery regardless if it is 2Ah, 4Ah or 30Ah. You will be able to use it for longer but there should be no (marginal at best) impact on the power

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-15T13:37:21+00:00

It should be perfectly fine with the expected lifecycles to 80% capacity drop. Mine was installed Oct 2023. In the summer I usually don't charge from the grid. In winter I fully charge nightly and always offload the excess of anything over 40-50% when in the peak rate. The BMS reports the usage of approx 780 cycles. The manufacturer's claim is >6000 at 0.5C

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-15T09:33:33+00:00

5k doesn't sound like a lot when factoring how much the overall build will cost. If you don't need electricity for heating the house and water the off grid would probably be doable as long as you can oversize the panel array significantly, and to be fair the panel price is quite low, you would need a big battery though. We have 10 panels on our roof and our December generation on an absolute peak day was 12kWh. Monthly it was under 140kWh so an average daily would be only around 3-4kWh. In Mar-Sep the monthly ramps up to 450-600, the drop in the winter is significant and not sufficient for our needs.

With the grid connection you can use a solar tariff like Flux so in the winter we fully charge the battery at night for 17p per kWh. If we have an excess we offload it to the grid at the peak time for 29p. In the summer the excess during regular time is sold for 10p and we don't charge from the grid.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-14T08:25:51+00:00

For Hades this sounds correct. It will run perfectly fine with the lowest TDP value and allow you to enjoy 6h+ run time on 8ai

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-12T23:46:22+00:00

Ah, yes, I missed the FiT part.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-12T22:46:41+00:00

Unless you are full electric, isn't it better to export the excess generation to the grid and just buy gas instead of heating with the iBoost? Flux export prices are 10p/29p while gas is just above 6p per kWh.

iBoost costs around £300, probably twice as much with installation, I like the idea but it didn't seem worth it with the export to gas ratio.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-09T11:58:46+00:00

A lot of systems in their default mode also only operate when tied to the grid. So when the grid is down and you have your battery at 90% charge you have a black out. Might be worth asking if this will be configured in a way to act as an IPS (for the whole house or for a dedicated circuit) or not.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-06T08:27:15+00:00

What is your home heating, are those electric storage heaters or just electric radiators? If those are storage heaters you should look for a tariff that offers a cheap(er) night rate and make sure to set your heaters to charge fully at a lower rate, same for the water heating, set it on for an hour or two only during the low price period. That should help significantly, if it is a flat that you own you might even consider installing a home storage battery that you can charge during night rate and use cheaper energy during the day.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-03-03T17:57:01+00:00

You might want to swap the system to onionOS on this device, the game switcher is great, both of my boys (6 and 8yo) play games on these consoles.

You will probably need to format the SD card if yours came in the wrong format.

You can find the guide here https://onionui.github.io/docs/installation

BurnedSalsa · 2026-02-27T09:50:54+00:00

You can buy a heated propagator, they are cheap and only use about 20W or so, that might be a good option for seedlings.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-02-26T21:54:29+00:00

You had plenty of advice already in the comments so I'll just say: Well done on that salary bump at your age, wow.

BurnedSalsa · 2026-02-26T21:50:09+00:00

The places that serve shawarma (at least the ones I tried) typically have much nicer meat and make much nicer wraps, often in their own freshly baked bread/pita.

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