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**Chris** · 06-10-2022, 14:20

If it happens (and it really is the worst case, not considered likely) you’re likely to be off-mains for about 3 hours late afternoon/early evening, maybe once or twice a week. Unless your laptop battery is old, hopefully you’ll be ok.

I wondered about buying a UPS just to keep the router going, seeing as the kids would absolutely hammer their phones’ monthly data allowance otherwise. I also wondered about how to get power to the central heating system, seeing as they’re talking about cutting electricity but not gas, but that’s more complex than it first seems as mains electricity is used at several points in the system, within the boiler, pumps, valves and thermostats. If there’s not just one main power cable I can plug in then I’m not competent to start digging around.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,118	Re: The energy crisis If it happens (and it really is the worst case, not considered likely) you’re likely to be off-mains for about 3 hours late afternoon/early evening, maybe once or twice a week. Unless your laptop battery is old, hopefully you’ll be ok. I wondered about buying a UPS just to keep the router going, seeing as the kids would absolutely hammer their phones’ monthly data allowance otherwise. I also wondered about how to get power to the central heating system, seeing as they’re talking about cutting electricity but not gas, but that’s more complex than it first seems as mains electricity is used at several points in the system, within the boiler, pumps, valves and thermostats. If there’s not just one main power cable I can plug in then I’m not competent to start digging around.